Patient Information Leaflets

Essential Information for Patients:

• A Guide to Beacon Hospital
• Patient Charter
• Data Protection
• Hand Hygiene
• Discharge from Hospital
• Falls Prevention – Adults
• Falls Prevention – Paeds
• Screening for Pain
• Sepsis

Private Health Insurance Forms:

• VHI Healthcare
• Laya Healthcare
• Irish Life Health
• Garda Insurance
• ESB Staff Insurance
• Prison Officers Insurance

Please find below a selection of patient information leaflets from our Breast Centre:

• Breast Care General Information

Please find below a selection of information leaflets from our Cancer Care service. You will find literature from both our Medical Oncology & Chemotherapy Unit and from our Radiation Oncology (Radiotherapy) Department.

• Complete Guide to Cancer Treatment
• Cancer Support Services Throughout Ireland

Medical Oncology

• Prostate Cancer Patient Information

Radiation Oncology

• What is Radiotherapy?
• Prostate SABR Patient Information

Please find below a range of patient information leaflets on some of the cardiac services and procedures available at Beacon Hospital.

• Rapid Access Cardiology Clinic (RACC)
• Loop Recorder Information Leaflet
• TAVI – Transfemoral Aortic Valve Insertion
• Telemetary Monitoring

Below is some information on the Clinical Trials Unit at the hospital.

• Clinical Trials

Please find below some useful information from our Endocrinology Department and Diabetes Centre.

• Fasting for Surgery with Diabetes
• Steroid Replacement for Adrenal Insufficiency
• Carbimazole or Propylthiouracil Info
• Colonoscopy with Diabetes
• SGLT-2; Type 2 Diabetes Medications Info

Below are a range of patient information leaflets from our JCI and JAG Endoscopy Department.

Preparation Information:

• Moviprep Instructions for Morning Appointments
• Moviprep Instructions for Afternoon Appointments

Procedure Information:

• Colonoscopy Information
• Double Endoscopy Procedure (Colonoscopy & OGD)
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Patient Information
• Gastroscopy (OGD) PatientInformation

Below are some information leaflets on the importance of good hand hygiene and also on a range of different infections you may have heard of.

Hand Hygiene

Information on infections; what they are, how they are caught and how to treat them:

• AMP C
• CRE – Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacterales 
• Clostridioides Difficile
• ESBL – Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase
• HCAI – Healthcare Associated Infections
• MRSA – Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
• Norovirus – commonly called the Winter Vomiting Bug
• VRE – Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci

Below are some information leaflets on some of the most commonly performed Orthopaedic and Sports Medical procedures performed in Beacon Hospital.

• ACL Reconstruction
• Knee Arthroscopy
• Knee Replacement – Full & Partial
• Hip Replacement

Please find below some information leaflets pertaining to paediatric patients and procedures.

• Falls Prevention in Children

Below are some information leaflets associated with management of pain.

• Screening for Pain
• Epidural Injection
• Managing Your Child’s Pain After Surgery
• Managing Your Pain After Surgery
• Pain Relief at Home
• Rhizolysis / Rhizotomy / PRF
• Safe Use of Opioids for Pain Relief
• Spinal Cord Stimulator – Trial Lead Insertion

Below are some useful information leaflets on common respiratory illnesses and also some tips for quitting smoking.

• Asthma
• Asthma; Your Action Plan
• COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder
• Quit Smoking

Please find below some information for pre and post surgery whether you are having your surgery as a Day Case or an Inpatient.

• Bowel Surgery Patient Information
• Wound Care Patient Information

Please find below information leaflets on some of the most commonly performed urological procedures performed in the hospital.

• Flexible Cystoscopy
• HoLEP – Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate
• TURP – Trans Urethral Resection of the Prostate
• Trans Perineal Prostate Biopsy