What we do
We are a modern and comprehensively equipped department
offering a complete range of radiological examinations and
procedures for adults. This department performs 57% of UHBristol
Radiology's service and provides 24 hours cover for inpatients and
the Emergency Department
Our specialisms
Our Quality Management System is ISO 9001: 2000 certified.
Further information for patients
No appointments are required for general non-invasive studies,
eg lumbar spine, chest X-rays.
You should attend with a referral card or letter from a doctor
between the following times:
Monday - Friday between 9.00 am - 4.00 pm
Or you can attend the X-ray Department at the South Bristol NHS
Community Hospital in Hengrove. If necessary an appointment may be
arranged, but this may constitute a delay in the examination
times.
Appointments are required for all other procedures and imaging
modalities as the request form must be agreed by a Consultant
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 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 have an imaging test it is important that the doctor
who requested your tests acts on the results.
Your examination will be conducted by a radiographer or a
radiologist and a formal report issued to your GP or clinician by a
radiologist.
Reports should be with your GP within 10 working days. If you
have not been told your 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 your next
hospital clinic visit.
Conditions we treat
The BRI Radiology Department provides a diagnostic imaging
service. However the following interventional procedures are
undertaken by consultant radiologists:-
- Liver Ablations
- Vascular angioplasties
- Embolisations
- Biopsies
Treatments offered
- Arteriography - X-ray examination carried out under local
anaesthetic which demonstrates blood vessels by means of an
injectable agent called a contrast medium.
- Barium enema - X-ray examination of lower bowel
- Barium meal - X-ray examination of the upper bowel
- CT (Computerised Tomography) - Special type of X-ray in which
the X-ray is connected to a computer which produces a
cross-sectional image.
- DXA (Dual Energy X-ray Absorptometry) - Uses a fine X-ray beam
to measure the amount of calcium in bones (and body composition
when requested).
- Echocardiography - Ultrasound scan of the heart
- Gastrografin Enema - X-ray examination of lower bowel used for
planning treatment
- IVU (Excretion Urography) - X-ray investigation of the kidneys
and bladder enhanced by an X-ray dye.
- Mammography - X-ray of the breasts
- MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) - A strong magnetic field is
used instead of X-rays to image the inside of the body.
- Myocardial perfusion scans - Scan used to look at heart
muscles
- Plain X-rays - Most common examination performed.
- Proctogram - X-ray examination of the lower bowel
- Nuclear Medicine - A small amount of radioisotope is used
to image specific areas of the body.
- Ultrasound - Uses sound wave to produce image.
Contact us
Main Reception: 0117 342 2639
Appointments:
- Accident and Emergency - 0117 342 2724
- Chest X-rays - 0117 342 3062
- CT- 0117 342 3556
- Gastrointestinal- 0117 342 2635
- General ultrasound- 0117 342 2635
- General/Echocardiography- 0117 342 2638
- MRI- 0117 342 2797
- Nuclear Medicine - 0117 342 2671
- Urology/Musculoskeletal/Mammograms- 0117 342 2796
- Vascular/Angio/Venography - 0117 342 2798
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