Nuclear Medicine DAT Brain Scan
WHAT IS A BRAIN SCAN? A DAT (Dopamine Active Transporter) Brain scan is a way of taking pictures of specific types of brain tissue in assessing whether you have Parkinsons’s…
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Nuclear Medicine Gallium Scan
A Gallium scan looks for certain types of cells by labelling them with a small amount of radioactivity. These cells identify areas of inflammation, infection or increased metabolic function. A…
Nuclear Medicine Gastric Emptying Scan (Solid)
The test is to look at how your stomach empties after a meal of eggs and toast. We do this by adding a small amount of radioactivity to the eggs….
Managing Dupuytren’s disease
Dupuytren’s disease is a disorder of the palmar fascia of the hand. The palmar fascia is the connective tissue lying under the skin in the palm and the fingers. The…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scan
An MRI Scan can produce two or three dimensional images of what is going on inside a patient’s body….
Information for patients undergoing Femoral Angioplasty
This leaflet tells you about the procedure known as femoral angioplasty, explains what is involved and what the possible risks are.
Antegrade Ureteric Stenting
This leaflet tells you about the procedure known as antegrade ureteric stenting, explains what is involved and what the possible risks are.
Information for Patients Living with Haematological Malignancies
The team consists of Haematologists and their team, Radiologists, Histo-pathologists, Clinical Oncologists, Specialist Nurses and other Health care professionals who all have specialist training and experience in the diagnosis, care…
Information explaining the urgent two week wait referral system
Your General Practitioner (GP) or dentist has asked for you to have an urgent hospital appointment within two weeks.