Patient Information Leaflets and Self Referrals
The following leaflets are available; just click any of the links below to access them. The categories are, as follows:
- General Patient Information
- Your Stay in Hospital
- Infection Prevention & Control
- Health Problems, Care and Treatment
- Receiving Unit
- Day Surgery and Surgery
- Eye Clinic
- Intermediate Care Team
- Dental Information
- Entitlements to NHS Care for Overseas Visitors
- Information for Children and Young People
General Patient Information
How to use the Health Service in Scotland
Making a complaint about the NHS
When someone has died - information for relatives and friends
Confidentiality - it's your right (information for adults)
Confidentiality - your rights (information for under 16s)
Consent - it's your decision (information for adults)
Consent - your rights (information for under 16s)
Caring and consent - information for carers
Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation information (external link includes all current national documents)
How to see your health records
Primary care services (how to access the minor ailment and chronic medication services, free eye examinations, registering with a dentist)
New medicines in Scotland - who decides what the NHS can provide?
Advice and support for NHS users (Citizen's Advice Bureau)
Your Stay in Hospital
Going to Hospital - Information for Patients and Visitors
Welcome to the Maternity Unit booklet
Going Home (following childbirth in the Maternity Unit)
Maternity unit - welcome to the (department info leaflet)
DVT - see Health Problems Care and Treatment
Protected mealtimes policy patient information
Protected mealtimes policy poster - generic
Protected mealtimes policy poster - Macmillan House
Smoking and you - information for smokers on emergency admission
Smoking, information on for patients and visitors
Infection Prevention & Control
Healthcare Associated Infection Information for the Public
How to collect a faecal specimen at home
Health Problems, Prevention, Care and Treatment
Day Surgery and Surgery
Entitlements to NHS Care for Overseas Visitors
Health care for people coming to Scotland to work
Health care for people coming to Scotland to study
Health care for asylum seekers and refuges in Scotland
Health care in Scotland for former UK residents now working abroad
Health care in Scotland for UK passport holders living abroad
Health care for UK pensioners visiting Scotland
Healthcare in Scotland for holidaymakers from abroad
Information for Children and Young People
Confidentiality - your rights (information for under 16s)
Consent - your rights (information for under 16s)
Have your say - your right to be heard
