Patient leaflets
Patient leaflets provide concise easy to read summaries to reassure patients and carers and help them make informed, shared decisions with healthcare professionals.
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome
ADHD in children: what treatments work?
ADHD: questions to ask your doctor
Alzheimer disease and other kinds of dementia: what treatments work?
Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia
Ankylosing spondylitis: what is it?
Ankylosing spondylitis: what treatments work?
Anorexia nervosa: how to help if someone you know may have it
Anorexia: questions to ask your doctor
Anterior cruciate ligament injury
Antibiotics: what you need to know
Anxiety: questions to ask your doctor
Anxiety: what treatments work?
Ascitic tap and ascitic drain procedures
Asthma in adults: questions to ask your doctor
Asthma in adults: what treatments work?
Asthma in children: questions to ask your doctor
Asthma in children: types of inhalers
Asthma in children: what treatments work?
Atrial fibrillation: what is it?
Atrial fibrillation: what treatments work?
Autism spectrum disorder: information for parents - What is autism spectrum disorder?
Autism spectrum disorder: information for parents - What treatments work?
Autism: questions to ask your doctor about your child
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Back pain: questions to ask your doctor
Bacterial meningitis in adults
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
Bipolar disorder: how can I avoid a relapse?
Bipolar disorder: questions to ask your doctor
Bipolar disorder: what medications work?
Bowel cancer: questions to ask your doctor
Breast cancer, locally advanced: what treatments work?
Breast cancer: breast-conserving surgery
Breast cancer: DCIS (very early breast cancer) in women
Breast cancer: locally advanced
Breast cancer: questions to ask your doctor
Breast cancer: routine screening (mammography)
Breast lumps, non-cancer (benign)
Bronchiectasis: what treatments work?
Bulimia: questions to ask your doctor
Bulimia: what treatments work?
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Caring for someone with dementia
Carotid artery stenosis: what is it?
Carotid artery stenosis: what treatments work?
Cataracts: questions to ask your doctor
Cataracts: should I have surgery?
Catheterisation (male): having a catheter fitted
Cerebral palsy: what treatments work?
Chronic fatigue syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis)
Chronic kidney disease: what is it?
Chronic kidney disease: what treatments work?
Cirrhosis: what treatments work?
Cluster headaches: what are they?
Cluster headaches: what treatments are available?
Colon and rectal cancer: should I be screened?
Colon and rectal cancer: what is it?
Colon and rectal cancer: what treatments work?
Concussion (mild traumatic brain injury)
Contraception: barrier methods
Contraception: behavioral methods
Contraception: emergency contraception
Contraception: hormonal patches, rings, implants, and injections
Contraception: intrauterine devices (IUDs)
Contraception: oral contraceptives (the pill)
COPD: questions to ask your doctor
Coping strategies for teenagers and adults with ADHD
Coronary artery bypass surgery
Coronavirus (COVID-19): vaccines
Crohn disease: questions to ask your doctor
Crohn disease: what treatments work?
Cushing syndrome caused by an internal problem
Cushing syndrome caused by medication
Cystic fibrosis: what treatments work?
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Defibrillator: having a defibrillator fitted
Dementia in a family member: questions to ask your doctor
Dementia: frontotemporal dementia
Dental abscess: what treatments work?
Depression in adults: questions to ask your doctor
Depression in adults: what is it?
Depression in adults: what treatments work?
Depression in children and teenagers: questions to ask your doctor
Depression in children and teenagers: what is it?
Depression in children and teenagers: what treatments work?
Diabetes that develops in pregnancy (gestational diabetes)
Diabetes type 1: what treatments work?
Diabetes type 2: questions to ask your doctor
Diabetes type 2: should I take insulin?
Diabetes type 2: what treatments work?
Diabetes: what can I do to keep healthy?
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
DTaP vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus, polio, and pertussis)
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Ear infection in children: questions to ask your doctor
Ectopic pregnancy: what is it?
Ectopic pregnancy: what treatments work?
Eczema: questions to ask your doctor
Endometrial ablation (diathermy)
Endometrial ablation (microwave method)
Endometriosis: questions to ask your doctor
Endometriosis: what treatments work?
Endoscopy (upper gastrointestinal)
Enlarged prostate: questions to ask your doctor
Enlarged prostate: what is it?
Enlarged prostate: what treatments are there?
Epilepsy: questions to ask your doctor
Epilepsy: what treatments work?
Erection problems: questions to ask your doctor
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Fertility problems: questions to ask your doctor
Fertility problems: some reasons
Fertility problems: what treatments work?
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: what is it?
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: what treatments work?
Fibroids: questions to ask your doctor
Fibromyalgia: what treatments work?
Food allergy: what treatments are available?
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Gallstones: questions to ask your doctor
Gender dysphoria in adults: hormone treatment
Gender dysphoria in adults: surgery
Gender dysphoria in adults: what is it?
GERD: questions to ask your doctor
Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis)
Group B strep infection in newborns
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Hay fever: avoiding pollen and mold
Heart attack: questions to ask your doctor
Heart failure: how can I help myself?
Heart failure: questions to ask your doctor
Hepatitis B: should I have the vaccine?
Hepatitis C: questions to ask your doctor
Hepatitis C: what treatments work?
Hernia: questions to ask your doctor
Hib vaccine (Haemophilus influenzae type B)
High blood pressure: questions to ask your doctor
High blood pressure: what treatments work?
High cholesterol: questions to ask your doctor
HIV: antiretroviral treatment (ART)
HIV: common infections in people with HIV
HIV: prevention treatment (PrEP) for people at high risk
How can I tell when my asthma is getting out of control?
How can I tell when my child's asthma is getting out of control?
How to avoid getting a fungal nail infection
How to help your child avoid ear infections
HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine
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Inguinal hernia: hernia surgery
Inguinal hernia: what treatments work?
Irritable bowel syndrome: questions to ask your doctor
Irritable bowel syndrome: what treatments work?
Ischemic bowel disease: what is it?
Ischemic bowel disease: what treatments work?
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Jaundice in newborn babies: what is it?
Jaundice in newborn babies: what treatments work?
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Leg cramps: what treatments work?
Leukemia (chronic lymphocytic)
Lung cancer: questions to ask your doctor
Lymphoedema: what treatments are available?
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Mastitis in breastfeeding women
Mastitis: breastfeeding advice
Measles, mumps, and rubella: should my child have the MMR vaccine?
Melanoma: questions to ask your doctor
MenB (meningococcal group B) vaccine
Menopause: questions to ask your doctor
Migraine in children: medications to prevent attacks
Migraines: questions to ask your doctor
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
Morning sickness: questions to ask your doctor
Multiple sclerosis: questions to ask your doctor
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Nasopharyngeal airway (breathing tube in the nose)
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: questions to ask your doctor
Nosebleeds (epistaxis) in adults
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Oral thrush: how to reduce your risk
Oral thrush: what treatments work?
Osteoarthritis: questions to ask your doctor
Osteoarthritis: what treatments work?
Osteoporosis: questions to ask your doctor
Osteoporosis: what treatments work?
Ovarian cancer: what treatments work?
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Pancreas cancer: questions to ask your doctor
Panic attacks: questions to ask your doctor
Panic attacks: what treatments work?
Parkinson disease: questions to ask your doctor
Parkinson disease: what is it?
Parkinson's disease: what treatments work?
Persistent depressive disorder (long-term depression)
Personality disorders: what are they?
Personality disorders: what treatments work?
Pneumococcal vaccine in babies and children
Pneumonia: do I need a vaccine?
Pneumonia: questions to ask your doctor
Polycystic ovary syndrome: questions to ask your doctor
Polycystic ovary syndrome: what is it?
Polycystic ovary syndrome: what treatments work?
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder: questions to ask your doctor
Post-traumatic stress disorder: what treatments work?
Postpartum depression: questions to ask your doctor
Postural hypotension (low blood pressure when you stand up)
Preeclampsia: questions to ask your doctor
Preeclampsia: what treatments work?
Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison disease): what is it?
Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison disease): what treatments work?
Prostate cancer: questions to ask your doctor
Prostate surgery: transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
Psoriasis: what treatments work
Pulmonary embolism: what is it?
Pulmonary embolism: what treatments work?
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Questions to ask your doctor if you've had a stroke
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Rheumatoid arthritis: questions to ask your doctor
Rosacea: what treatments work?
Routine screening for prostate cancer
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Schizophrenia: questions to ask your doctor
Schizophrenia: what treatments work?
Shingles: what treatments work?
Sickle cell disease: what treatments work?
Skin cancer (melanoma): how is it diagnosed and treated?
Skin cancer (melanoma): what is it?
Sleep apnea in adults (obstructive)
Slipped disk (lower back): what is it?
Slipped disk (lower back): what treatments work?
Slipped disk: questions to ask your doctor
Spinal cord compression: what is it?
Spinal cord compression: what treatments work?
Squamous cell skin cancer: questions to ask your doctor
Stable angina: questions to ask your doctor
Stable angina: what treatments work?
Stable angina: what you can do to help yourself
Stress incontinence: how to do pelvic floor exercises
Sudden infant death syndrome: how can I reduce the risk?
Syphilis: how is it diagnosed and treated?
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Temporomandibular joint syndrome (clicking jaw)
Testicular cancer: questions to ask your doctor
Tonsillectomy (surgery to remove the tonsils)
Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy: what treatments work?
Transient ischaemic attack (mini stroke)
Treating coughs and colds in children
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Ulcerative colitis: what is it?
Ulcerative colitis: what treatments work?
Underactive thyroid: questions to ask your doctor
Understanding your blood pressure reading
Unstable angina: what treatments work?
Urinary tract infections in children
Urinary tract infections in men
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Varicose veins: questions to ask your doctor
Varicose veins: surgery to remove varicose veins
Varicose veins: what are they?
Varicose veins: what treatments work?
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Weight problems in adults: questions to ask your doctor
Weight problems in children: changing unhealthy habits
Weight problems in children: improving a child's diet
Weight problems in children: increasing physical activity
What you can do to prevent another heart attack
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Your child: getting to sleep and staying asleep
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