ACCESSING IMAGING: INPATIENTS AND EMERGENCIES
- Choosing the most appropriate scan: www.irefer.org.uk (Royal College of Radiologists Referral guidelines)
- Helpdesk: (6)79285 Mon-Fri 0800-1800 hr, weekends 0830-1630 hr
- Emergency/out-of-hours: contact radiology SpR on-call via the call centre
- Generic email queries for all modalities: [email protected]
Normal hours
- Request plain radiographs via Order Comms
- normal service: 0800-1800 hr weekdays only
- queries: (6)79298
- For urgent reporting during weekdays only 0800-1700: (6)75885
Emergency/out-of-hours2
- Request out-of-hours plain radiographs via Order Comms
- queries/radiographer: (6)75900
- Out-of-hours reporting:
- limited out-of-hours X-ray reporting service
- first discuss with patient's on-call SpR/consultant; or relevant on-call SpR/consultant; only contact radiology SpR if query still unresolved
Normal hours
- Submit Order Comms request
- normal service: 0830-1700 hr
- queries: Lyme Building (6)79269 A&E (6)75888
- non-emergency inpatient scan performed within 24-48 hr
Emergency/out-of-hours2
- Early pregnancy admissions (EPAU) scans, Saturdays 0900-1200 - via EPAU pathway (Maternity Building)
- Limited out-of-hours US service 1700-0830 7 days; first submit Order Comms request, then contact on-call Radiology SpR via call centre; referrals must be SpR-to-SpR or above
Normal hours
- Urgent and routine: submit Order Comms request (with bleep/contact number)
- normal service: 0800–2000 hr weekdays and weekends
- queries: (6)79285/75881
- will be protocolled every 20 min and DO NOT need to be phoned through
- urgent performed in ≤4 hr
- if urgency of patient changes, contact on-call radiology SpR1
Emergency/out-of-hours2
- Emergency CT: submit Order Comms request, then contact on-call Radiology SpR1 via call centre
- If radiology do not receive a call, scans will be protocolled every 20 min and performed within ≤1 hr
Normal hours
- Submit Order Comms request
- normal service: 0800-2000 hr weekdays and weekends
- queries: (6)75803/75802
Emergency/out-of-hours2
- Submit Order Comms request and contact on-call MRI consultant radiologist via call centre
(consultant-to-consultant referral) - Out-of-hours MEDICA provide cover ONLY for urgent spinal surgical MRI during certain times
- check Rotawatch for details
- contact MEDICA via call centre
Normal hours
- Submit Order Comms request
- normal service: 0800-1800 hr weekdays only
- queries: (6)79285
Emergency/out-of-hours2
- No emergency fluoroscopy service; in very limited emergency cases:
- contact on-call radiology SpR1
Normal hours
- Normal service: 0830-1630 hr weekdays only
- queries: (6)79984
Emergency/out-of-hours2
- No service available
Normal hours
- Normal service: 0800-1730 hr weekdays only
- 71592 for non-vascular and vascular interventional radiology appointments weekdays 0800-1630 hr or
- [email protected] weekdays 0800-1630 hr
- Consultant-to-Consultant Vascular Interventional Radiologist IROD: 17599
- queries: (6)79285
Emergency/out-of-hours2
- Vascular interventional radiology:
- consultant-to-consultant general radiologist on-call via call centre
- Non-vascular3 intervention at all other times:
- consultant-to-on-call consultant general radiologist via call centre
Notes
- Contact on-call radiology SpRs via pager through the call centre; referrals must be SpR-to-SpR or above
- Only scans essential to acute management of a clinical condition (e.g. cannot wait until normal working hours), will be performed as soon as practicable
- Includes image-guided drain insertion and aspiration; out-of-hours drain service not always available currently
- This includes image-guided drain insertions and aspirations; out-of-hours drain service not always available at present
Last reviewed: 2024-02-26