Diagnostic Services
The Imaging Department is staffed by experienced professionals and is equipped with state of the art equipment, including its own 64 slice CT scanner and Siemens 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner, Ultrasound, Digital Fluoroscopy, Digital Mammography and a Dexa Scanner.
The range of services on offer includes:
Ultrasound scanning
- Early pregnancy (7 - 12 weeks)
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Breast
- Cardiac (Echo cardiology)
- Doppler (Vascular)
- Abdominal
- Renal
- Pelvic
- Musculoskeletal
Digital Fluoroscopy / Contrast studies
- All Barium studies
- Hysterosalpingograms
- Herniograms
- Micturating cystograms (Uro-dynamics)
- Arthrograms
- Intravenous Urograms (IVU)
Digital Mammography
- Symptomatic
- Screening (over 40’s)
Plain films
- Dental - Intra Oral & OPG’s
- Musculo skeletal
CT
- CT Coronary Angiogram
- CT Colonography
- CT Dental Implantology Planning
- CT Heartscan™ (CT Calcium Scoring)
- CT Guided Injections for Pain Management
MRI
- Breast
- MRCP
- MRA
- Musculo skeletal
- Neurology
- Multiparametric for Prostate
Dexa Scanner for Osteoporosis Screening
The department also offers diagnostics for sports and back injuries.
For plain films, appointments can be offered as early as the day of referral. For other procedures, depending on the preparation and speciality, an appointment will be offered within the next 5 days. GP’s can now refer directly for MRI, CT, CT Colonography and Ultrasound.
Appointments are normally offered within 3-5 days and reported back to the GP within 5 days.
Imaging department opening hours
Monday – Friday 8.30am – 8.00pm
Saturday 8.30am – 1.00pm
Please contact us on 01279 602 624
Please note we are unable to look after children who accompany their parents or siblings for appointments. Please ensure children are old enough to wait on their own unsupervised.