Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine which focuses on our digestive system. The various services within Gastroenterology provide a range of diagnostic procedures and treatments through inpatient and outpatient services.

• Telephone clinic where we review patients’ records and results and discuss a management plan
• Hepatology - non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, alcohol related liver disease, primary biliary cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis, liver cirrhosis
• endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP)
• endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
• Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) services
• Gastroscopy
• Transnasal Endoscopy
• Cytosponge
• Colonoscopy
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
• Liver biopsy
• Therapeutic Endoscopy
• Urea breath testing
• Hydrogen Breath Test
• Oesophageal Manometry
• 24 hour PH testing
• Capsule Endoscopy
• Bowel Cancer Screening

As well as providing comprehensive GI (gastrointestinal) care, we are also:

• a regional cancer centre for the diagnosis and treatment of upper GI malignancies and colorectal cancer

• an NHS bowel cancer screening site https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer-screening/

• a JAG accredited training centre