Patients who need scans are already benefiting from staff working together to deliver a first class service across all hospitals, following the merger to create MFT.
Imaging and Nuclear Medicine colleagues across our hospitals have amalgamated protocols and procedures to ensure the right standards are met across scanning and reporting work across the Trust. An accountability and oversight framework has been developed to manage the time it takes for imaging reports to come back.
The Division of Imaging is also working towards Imaging Services Accreditation Standard (ISAS), and is on track to go through the first stages in October.
Catherine Walsh, Divisional Director of Imaging for MFT, said: “When a hospital gains this accreditation, patients can be assured of a first class imaging service and staff benefit from working in a service that meets the gold standard.
‘Following the merger, we have a much larger Radiology division. This offers a number of advantages including economies of scale, with opportunities for increased efficiency, shared learning, and access to a larger pool of staff.
‘We are also now talking about moving patients across sites for scans. This could happen if one hospital has reached capacity or a particular site is more convenient for a patient to have their scan because they live or work nearby.’
Paediatric leaflets
Below are the links for information leaflets for patients:
- Paediatric Barium Enema
- Paediatric Barium follow through
- Paediatric Barium Swallow Meal
- Paediatric_Ultrasound
- Paediatric MRI Scan
- Skeletal Survey
- Small Bowel Enema
- Small Bowel MR Scan
- Paediatric patients having an Angiogram within MFT
- Barium Enema (Children’s)
- Barium Follow Through (Children’s)
- Information for parents and their child undergoing angioplasty or embolisation
- Micturating Cystogram Aftercare
- A Guide To Having a Micturating Cystogram MCU
Computed Tomography (CT):
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI):
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Patient leaflets
Below are the links for information leaflets for patients:
- Proctogram
- Sclerotherapy Vascular Malformation
- Small Bowel Enema
- Thrombolysis
- Transarterial Chemoembolisation
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt tips
- Transjugular Liver Biopsy (TJLB)
- Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter
- Tunnelled Dialysis Catheter
- Urethrogram
- Varicocele Embolisation
- What to do if the contrast liquid injection leaks out extravasation
- X-ray contrast enema following bowel surgery
- A patient journey booklet for adults having lateral oblique jaw imaging
- Paediatric patients having an Angiogram within MFT
- Adult Cardiac CT Information
- Angioplasty and stenting
- Barium swallow and meal
- Barium follow through
- Antegrade ureteric stent insertion
- Oesphageal stent insertion
- Percutaneous Biopsy
- Percutaneous drainage
- Percutaneous nephrostomy
- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram PTC
- Radiological inserted gastrostomy RIG
- Cone Beam Computed Tomography Scans
- Discharge advice following sedation after your procedure or scan
- Discharge instructions after angiogram and angioplasty
- Division of imaging Radiation risk
- Fibroid embolisation
- Fistulogram Fistuloplpasty
- Information about your Ultrasound Scan Pregnancy and non Pregnancy
- Internal Iliac Artery Balloon
- IVC Filter removal
- IVC filter placement
- Liver Ablation
- Micturating Cystogram Aftercare
- Nephrostomy exchange leaflet