Gastroenterology
Contact
- Outpatients appointments
- 020 3313 5000
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Our gastroenterology team is based at Charing Cross, Hammersmith and St Mary’s hospitals.
We offer specialist inflammatory bowel disease and hepato-pancreatobiliary (liver, pancreas and gall bladder) clinics and a specialist small bowel service offering capsule and balloon enteroscopy. We provide a comprehensive service for the diagnosis and care of patients with a wide range of gastroenterological conditions.
Conditions and treatments
We treat a range of conditions including inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, peptic ulcer disease, gastro-oesophageal reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia, cancers of the oesophagus, stomach, pancreas and bowel, bile salt malabsorption and Barrett's oesophagus.
We offer a range of treatments including:
- Therapeutic colonoscopy
- Oesophageal, duodenal, biliary and colonic palliative stenting
- Radiofrequency ablation of Barrett's Oesophagus
- Biopsy / fine needle aspiration
- Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
- Colonoscopy flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Video capsule enteroscopy
- Balloon enteroscopy
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- ‘Spyglass’ Cholangioscopy Oesophageal pH
- Manometry Therapeutic colonoscopy
Clinics
Endoscopy unit at Charing Cross Hospital
Address
Main outpatients department
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8RF
Hours
09.00 to 17.00
Contact information
Phone: 020 3311 1943 or 020 3311 1945
Email: imperial.EndoscopyAppointments@nhs.net
Endoscopy unit phone: 020 3312 6010
Endoscopy unit at Hammersmith Hospital
Address
Main outpatients department
Hammersmith Hospital
Du Cane Road
London W12 0HS
Hours
09.00 to 17.00
Contact information
Phone: 020 3313 3934
Email: imperial.EndoscopyAppointments@nhs.net
Endoscopy unit phone: 020 3312 6010
Endoscopy unit at St Mary’s Hospital
Address
Main outpatients department
St Mary's Hospital
Praed Street
London W2 1NY
Hours
09.00 to 17.00
Contact information
Phone: 020 3312 1208 or 020 3312 1072
Email: imperial.EndoscopyAppointments@nhs.net
Endoscopy unit phone: 020 3312 6010
Meet the team
Consultants
Dr Wafaa Ahmed
Dr James Alexander
Dr Lakshmana Ayaru
Dr Anna Casburn-Jones
Dr Natalie Direkze
Dr Lucy Hicks
Dr Jonathan Hoare
Dr William Howson
Prof Tim Orchard
Dr Nisha Patel
Dr Simon Peake
Dr Natalie Phillips
Dr Aruchuna Ruban
Dr Evangelos Russo
Dr Gregory Sebepos-Rogers
Dr Anet Soubieres
Dr Sophie Stevens
Prof Julian Teare
Prof Huw Thomas
Dr Luke Tyson
Dr Panagiotis Vlavianos
Dr Christopher Wadsworth
Prof Julian Walters
Dr Horace Williams
Dr Karl King Yong
Clinical nurse specialists
Anita D’Sousa
April Mahinay
Jacek Nowicki
Laxmi Adhikari-Khadka
Senior nurse endoscopist
Sr Paula Swallow
Patient information
Before your appointment
Urgent cases for an endoscopy will normally occur within two weeks and routine endoscopies will occur within six weeks. If you are an urgent outpatient will be seen within two weeks and if you are a routine out-patient you will be seen within eight weeks.
You are welcome to bring a relative, close friend or carer with you to your out-patient appointment. They can also attend the endoscopy unit, but they may not enter the procedure rooms.
You are welcome to ask for a chaperone and we will endeavour to provide one for you.
Please note that we are a teaching hospital, so medical students may be present for some appointments. If you do not wish to have them in the room please let the nurse or doctor know and the students will be asked to step outside.
During the appointment
You may have a blood test during your appointment. If appropriate limited examinations of the bottom of the bowel may be carried out. All other investigations will be arranged for a different day.
The typical waiting time at your appointment will be around 30 minutes and your appointment will take between 10 and 20 minutes.
After the appointment
You will be sent a clinic outcome letter. Diagnostic tests and follow-up appointments will be arranged as required.
Patient information leaflets
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Refer to this service
GP referrals
Please use NHS e-Referrals to refer a patient to our gastroenterology service.
GP advice
GPs and practice staff may contact the on-call gastroenterology registrar (bleep 1167) for urgent advice or opinions.
Email: gastroadvice.imperial@nhs.net
Please note, this service is for enquiries from GPs and practice staff only.
Secondary care
ERCP / EUS: New referrals should be made to the HPB SpR, bleep 5251 via switchboard or via imperial.ERCP.Referrals@nhs.net
All other secondary care referrals (apart from patients on a cancer pathway) should be made via referral letter.
Imperial College Healthcare Private Care
We also offer private care services at Imperial College Healthcare.
All funds generated by our private care services are reinvested back into the Trust, supporting the development of both NHS and private care for the benefit of all our patients.
Find more information about private gastroenterology services on our private care website.
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