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Your GP will refer you to our service if they are concerned that you have problems that require a specialist gastroenterology consultation regarding the diagnosis or treatment of your condition. You may also be referred directly to the Gastroenterology Department for a specific procedure without a prior clinic appointment.

Waiting times for clinics range from 0-6 months depending on the urgency, which is assessed from the letter we receive from your GP.

Initial clinic appointments will take 40 minutes and any follow up appointment will be 20 minutes.  A history of your symptoms will be taken as well as a review of any medications you are on (please bring these with you).  You will then be examined and depending on your complaints, this could be a rectal examination.  From here you may be referred for more tests and you will be notified of this during the appointment and in writing.

• Intestines

  Consist of the small intestine (duodenum, jejunum and ileum – different sections of small intestine) and the large intestine (colon and rectum).  As food passes through the small intestine, nutrients are broken down and absorbed.  When it passes into the colon, water is absorbed.  The waste that is left is passed… More

• Liver

  Roughly the size of a football the liver is on your right side just under your ribs.… More

• Oesophagus

  The tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach. More

• Pancreas

  An elongated organ that lies in the back of the mid-abdomen.… More

• Stomach

  Where food is broken down by acid and emptied into your intestines.… More

• Bowel Polyp Removal

  Bowel Polyp Removal More

• Cirrhosis

  Cirrhosis More

• Colonoscopy

  Colonoscopy More

• Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography (ERCP)

  A flexible tube with a tiny video camera attached (endoscope) is inserted through the mouth into the stomach and small intestine while you are under sedation (medication to make you drowsy).… More

• Gastroscopy

  Gastroscopy More

• Hepatitis

  Hepatitis More

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

  Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) More

• Liver Biopsy

  The best way to establish what type of liver disease is present and the extent of the disease, is a biopsy.… More

• Peptic Ulcers

  Peptic Ulcer More

• Polyps

  Polyps More

• Sigmoidoscopy

  Sigmoidoscopy More

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