About this service
Our departments undertake a full range of radiographic examinations, with the service focusing upon producing high quality, technical and diagnostic images and providing excellent standards of patient care.
Patients can be referred to us for anything from a chest x-ray to a dental x-ray.
Accident and Emergency Department A&E (Warrington)
There are two digital radiography (DR) rooms in our A&E department and a Radiographer available 24/7.
Warrington main department
Patients from the wards, hospital out-patient clinics and GP surgeries will come here for their x-rays to be taken. There are three DR general x-ray rooms in the main department and a dental room. There is also a fluoroscopy room in the main department where specialist imaging can take place.
The Nightingale Building (formerly known as Halton Hospital)
There is one DR x-ray room in the Urgent Care Centre (UCC) and a dental room. Patients are referred here from the Urgent Care Centre and hospital out-patient clinics. The X-ray department is open to these patients seven days a week between the hours of 8am until 9pm.
If you visit the Urgent Care Unit and require an x-ray outside of these hours you may be asked to travel to Warrington A&E Department or return to the Urgent Care Unit during the X-ray department opening hours.
Captain Sir Tom Moore building
There is one DR x-ray room, open 8.30am to 11.30am and 1pm to 4.30pm.
Patients are referred here from their GP and orthopaedic outpatients clinics.
Mobiles and theatre (all sites)
There are several mobile x-ray machines that are used when patients are too poorly to come to the department, for example patients on Intensive Care Unit (ITU) or babies on the Neo Natal Unit (NNU). Radiographers also spend a lot of time in theatre using specialist equipment called an image intensifier (II) that can take real time x-ray images during operations (surgery).
A member of the administration and clerical team will greet you when you arrive at one of our receptions. They will check that we have all your details and that they are correct before booking you in. Our team includes secretaries, booking staff who will book appointments and answer queries, supervisors, and managers.
Staff who carry out x-rays and other diagnostic tests are called radiographers.
Assistant Practitioners (AP’s) are trained to take X-rays under the supervision of a radiographer.
As well as taking x-rays the radiographers are responsible for the testing of the x-ray equipment to ensure it remains safe to use. They also have a duty to protect patients, visitors and staff from radiation by applying in depth knowledge of radiation safety laws, in particular the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000.
As well as this the department employs radiographers who have successfully completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Image Interpretation which enables them to provide a diagnostic evaluation (report) on x-ray examinations referred from Accident and Emergency and GP’s.
A Radiologist is a doctor (consultant) specialising in interpreting diagnostic images such as x-rays and scans and performing certain types of investigation or treatment that rely on imaging techniques.
Radiology Department Assistants (RDAs) support radiologists, radiographers, and nurses to help and care for patients. They will help prepare patients for examination, insert cannulas where required and act as chaperones.
Porters are incredibly important, moving patients on beds, trolleys, or in wheelchairs between wards, departments, and Radiology.
For all X-ray enquiries please telephone 01925 662449
Where are we?
| Radiology Department Appleton Wing Warrington Hospital Warrington Cheshire WA5 1QG |
Nightingale building (Formerly Halton Hospital) Urgent care centre Hospital Way Palacefields Runcorn WA7 2DA |
Captain Sir Tom building Radiology Department Earls Way Palacefields Runcorn WA7 2HH |