Radiology services

We offer multiple services, including:

• X-ray
• Computerised tomography (CT)
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• Ultrasound – general and maternity
• Mobile and theatre radiography
• Fluoroscopy
• Interventional procedures (IP)
• Nuclear medicine (NM)
• Breast screening (BS)
• Medical photography
• PET-CT (only at Southend).

You will meet a range of healthcare staff in radiology, these include:

• Consultant radiologists
• Radiographers
• Radiology registrars,
• Advanced practitioner radiographers
• Sonographers
• Nurses
• Mammographers
• NM Technicians
• Assistant Practitioners
• Imaging assistants
• Radiology support staff
• Administration staff
• Medical photographers.

Basildon

• Emergency department, inpatient, outpatient and GP x-ray – Main Building Level C
• CT – Main Building Level B Courtyard, Main Building Level C and CTC Level A
• MRI – Main Building Level B Courtyard, Main Building Level C and CTC Level A
• General Ultrasound – Main Building Level C
• Maternity Ultrasound – Main Building Level D
• Fluoroscopy and Interventional procedures – Main Building Level C
• Nuclear Medicine – Main Building Level C
• Breast Unit – Main Building Level C
• Medical Photography – Main Building Level C.

Broomfield

Broomfield Hospital in Zones A, B and D

• Accident and Emergency x-ray – A201
• Outpatients and GP x-ray – D140
• Inpatient x-ray – B342 and A201
• CT – A201
• Fluoroscopy – D140
• Nuclear Medicine – D140
• MRI – B249
• General Ultrasound – A201 , B342 and D140
• Maternity Ultrasound – A401
• Breast Unit – A104
• Medical photography – A212

Southend

• Emergency department, inpatient, outpatient and GP x-ray – Ground Floor Tower Block (Blue zone)
• GP x-ray –  Ground Floor Cherry Tree
• CT – Ground Floor Tower Block (Blue zone)
• MRI – Ground Floor Hillborough (Green zone)
• Nuclear Medicine – Ground Floor Prittlewell (Pink zone)
• Fluoroscopy and Interventional Procedures – First Floor Tower Block (Blue zone)
• General Ultrasound – First Floor Tower Block (Blue zone)
• Maternity Ultrasound – Ground Floor Nightingale Centre (Yellow zone)
• Breast Unit – First Floor Nightingale Centre (Yellow zone)
• Medical Photography – First Floor Prittlewell (Pink zone).

Other locations and sites 

Examinations at these sites are by appointment only.

• Orsett Hospital – Rowley Road, Grays, Essex, RM16 3EU
• Brentwood Community Hospital – Crescent Drive, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 8DR
• St Andrews Centre – Stock Road, Billericay, Essex, CM12 0BH
• Braintree Community Hospital – Chadwick Drive, Braintree, Essex, CM7 2AL
• St Peters Hospital – Spital Road, Maldon, Essex, CM9 6EG
• Canvey Island Primary Care Centre – Long Road, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 0JA.

Below you can find out more information about our different scans and what they do:

X-rays - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/x-ray

CT scan - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ct-scan

MRI scan - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/mri-scan

Ultrasound - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ultrasound-scan

Breast screening - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-screening-mammogram

Bone density/DEXA scan - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dexa-scan - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dexa-scan

PET scan - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pet-scan

Bowel cancer screening -  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bowel-cancer-screening-having-a-ct-colonography-ctc-scan/nhs-bowel-cancer-screening-programme-having-a-ct-colonography-ctc-scan