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Taking care of your plaster

General advice about taking care of your plaster:

• Do not get your cast wet
• Do not push objects down your cast
• Do not remove your cast unless advised to do so
• Do not walk on your lower limb cast unless you have been taught to do so
• Do not drive while wearing a cast
• Take care of your cast
• Exercise all joints that are not enclosed in your cast
• Elevate your affected limb
• Wear the shoe provided if allowed to walk on your lower limb cast.

If you experience any of the following, please contact the plaster room for advice on 020 7377 7000, extension 2328.

• Rubbing
• Loose or uncomfortable cast
• Excessive itching
• Increased pain under or around cast
• If your cast becomes wet or damaged.

New location for the Fracture Clinic at The Royal London Hospital

The Fracture Clinic has moved to the second floor of the main building.

Fracture Clinic
Second Floor, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB

Phone numbers 

tel  020 359 40163 (reception)
fax 020 359 40168

Once you have entered the building follow the signs to lift core 8 and take a lift to the second floor. You will see signs for Fracture Clinic.