What we do
The Paediatric Radiology Department is situated on the third
floor of the hospital and offers a comprehensive service to
inpatients, outpatients, emergency department patients and children
referred by their GP.
Our specialities
Specialist in Paediatric Imaging
Further information for patients
No appointments are required for general non-invasive studies,
eg extremities, chest X-rays, etc. Patients should attend with a
completed referral card or letter between the following times:
Monday - Friday between 9.00 am - 12.00 noon and 2.00 pm - 4.00
pm
By Appointment -
Appointments are required for all other procedures and imaging
modalities as the request form must be agreed by a Consultant
Paediatric Radiologist. This is to enable appropriate preparation
and/or patient scheduling to be arranged, according to priority and
urgency.
For all radiological examinations requiring an appointment,
whether General Practitioner or Consultant referral, the
appointment is allocated following agreement and assignment of
priority by a Consultant Paediatric Radiologist. Therefore, it is
not possible for appointments to be given to you when the request
form is presented. Subsequent appointments will be notified by
post.
Your examination results
When you child has an imaging test it is important that the
doctor who requested their tests acts on the results.
The examination will be conducted by a radiographer or a
radiologist and a formal report issued to the referring GP or
clinician by a radiologist.
Reports should be with the GP within 10 working days. If you
have not been told your child's results by your GP, contact the
surgery and do not assume there is nothing you need to know or "no
news" means all is well
For hospital referrals the results will be ready for the next
hospital clinic visit
Conditions we treated
The BRHC Paediatric Radiology Department provides a diagnostic
imaging service for children up to and including 16 years.
Treatments Offered
- Barium meal - X-ray of upper bowel
- Barium enema - X-ray of lower bowel
- Cystogram - X-ray of bladder
- CT (Computerised Tomography) - Special type of X-ray in which
the X-ray is connected to a computer which produces a
cross-sectional image (performed at BRI)
- MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) - A strong magnetic field is
used instead of X-rays to image the inside of the body (performed
at BRI)
- Plain X-rays - the most common examination performed.
- Radioisotope examinations - A small amount of radioisotope is
used to image specific areas of the body (performed at BRI).
- Ultrasound - Uses sound wave to produce image.
Contact us
Main Reception: 0117 342 8186
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