PEG tubes

Introduction

A PEG tube is a thin plastic tube that enables you to be fed directly into your stomach without taking food through your mouth. PEG stands for:

Percutaneous

Endoscopically placed

Gastrostomy

Why do I need it?

When it is not possible or safe for you to take enough food and drink by mouth, the best way to have liquid food and medication is through a PEG tube. You will need to use special liquid feeds. Your Dietitian will choose the appropriate feeds and this is available on prescription. PEG feeding allows us to help you maintain essential hydration and nutrition adequately and safely.

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York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is registered, and therefore licensed to provide services, by the Care Quality Commission (Provider ID: 1-114394658). For more information, visit www.cqc.org.uk

Help us keep everyone safe this winter

We’re asking everyone to please help protect our patients, visitors and employees during the winter months.

If you’re feeling unwell, please don’t visit our hospitals - even for appointments or to see loved ones, unless it’s in exceptional circumstances such as end-of-life care or maternity.

Colds, flu, Covid and norovirus (sickness and diarrhoea) can spread easily and cause serious illness in vulnerable patients.

Please only come in once you’ve been free of symptoms for at least 48 hours.

When you do visit:

Wash your hands with soap and water when you arrive and before you leave the ward (hand sanitiser alone is not enough).
Please don’t sit on patients’ beds, or eat and drink at the bedside.
And if you’re asked to wear a mask, please do so.

Thank you for helping us keep everyone safe this winter.