Radiology



Facilities at our other sites:

Fleetwood Hospital

The X-ray department at Fleetwood Hospital was generously re-equipped by the Lofthouse Foundation. There are facilities for conventional x-ray and fluoroscopy imaging

Clifton Hospital

The X-ray department at Clifton Hospital has two examination rooms. One is equipped for general x-ray examinations and the other contains a bone densitometry scanner.

X-rays are only part of the work done by the Radiology Department

The radiology department operates across all of the Trust's main sites. Although better known as the "X-ray Department" we do a lot more than just take x-rays - we offer almost all of the latest types of medical imaging techniques.

Last year we performed over 150,000 examinations.

Blackpool Victoria Hospital

There are seven sub-departments at this, the largest of our sites. They are:

Angiography (Farage Unit)

Examinations of veins and arteries are performed in this suite

Casualty X-Ray

This satellite department has two rooms which are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for emergency investigations. X-ray equipment is also available in the resuscitiation room.

Chest Clinic X-Ray

This one-room satellite department contains specialised equipment for chest imaging

Mammography

The mammography suite provides a specialist service for symptomatic breast imaging.

Obstetric Ultrasound (Women's Unit)

There are three ultrasound rooms in the Women's unit where pregnancy and some gynaecology scans are performed.

X-Ray Central

There is one general x-ray room in this department (for in patient referrals) as well as specialised suites for CT scanning, magnetic resonance imaging, general ultrasound and nuclear medicine.

X-Ray North

This department contains four general x-ray rooms (two each for GP referrals and out patient department referrals), one dental x-ray room and three rooms for special investigations (such as barium meals).