York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Coming into hospital

Patient Information Leaflets

Postural Hypotension

This leaflet explains what happens when you have a sudden drop in blood pressure when changing position and offers guidance on how to prevent and manage symptoms.

Reduce Your Risk of Falling in Hospital

This leaflet contains advice and information to help us to reduce your risk of falling

The Safe use of Bedrails

Information for patients, relatives and carers

You have fallen today and we would like to help you - Head Injury

We accept you or your relative/carer has declined an examination today. We would still like to help you with some advice about your injury

You have fallen today and we would like to help you - Soft tissue injury

We accept you or your relative/carer has declined an examination today. We would still like to help you with some advice about your injury.

Maternity access at York Hospital - Saturday 22 February

On Saturday 22 February, 8am-6pm, there will be a temporary change of vehicle access to the maternity unit at York Hospital. Access via entrance 2 will be closed to allow essential works to be completed.

If you are attending the maternity unit at York on this day, please drive in via the entrance for A&E (marked blue light priority).

The multi-storey car park will not be affected by this change, and any non-urgent visitors should continue to park in this area.