Endoscopy

Last updated: Tuesday 03 December 2024

General introduction

An endoscopy is a procedure that enables doctors to look inside the body and take pictures and videos of organs and other structures. Endoscopy services are delivered on both Warrington and Halton sites. 

Warrington Endoscopy Department is based on the first floor of Appleton Wing and is both an inpatient and outpatient service. The department provides diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including:

  • diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy
  • colonoscopy
  • flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • enteral tube insertions (PEG, NGT)
  • endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERCP)
  • polypectomy and endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)
  • oesophageal, pyloric and colonic stent insertion
  • oesophageal dilatations
  • bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)
  • endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)

Halton Endoscopy Department is based off the main corridor on the first floor of Halton Hospital, Nightingale Building and provides the following services:

  • gastroscopy
  • colonoscopy
  • flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • polypectomy and endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)
  • oesophageal dilatations
How to access this service

Patients can be referred to the Endoscopy Service from their GP or the consultant team who is overseeing their care.

About the team

The team consists of gastroenterology consultants, surgical consultants, a staff grade doctor, specialist colorectal nurses, specialist gastrointestinal nurses, nurse endoscopists, nurses, higher-level nursing assistants, a housekeeper and a porter.

Dr Jeniev Mepurath – Consultant Gastroenterologist and Endoscopy Clinical Lead 

Useful information

An endoscopy procedure uses a flexible endoscope with a small camera on the end to look inside the body. The procedure investigates problems and looks for diseases, including cancer.

The endoscope used to look inside the body is a long, thin, flexible tube with a light and camera at one end. Images from inside the body are then displayed on a screen. 

The endoscope can be used to both diagnose and treat conditions within the gastrointestinal tract. The use of endoscopes has progressed from solely diagnostic procedures, to also include therapeutic procedures which would have previously required surgery. Types of therapeutic procedures include controlling gastrointestinal bleeding, dilation of strictures, palliation (Argon Plasma) and treatment of gastrointestinal malignancy. 

Endoscopy procedures are usually performed as day cases and may use local anaesthesia, to numb a specific area of the body, or conscious sedation.

The use of endoscopic procedures instead of surgical procedures has many benefits, including reducing the risk of surgical complications and reducing the length of stay in hospital which also reduces the risk of acquiring hospital infections. 


Contact Us

Email

Warrington Hospital

Telephone: 01925 662288

Halton Hospital, Nightingale Building

Telephone: 01928 753182

Address

Endoscopy Department - Warrington
Appleton Wing 
1st Floor 
Warrington Hospital

Endoscopy Department – Halton Hospital Nightingale Building
First floor 
Halton Hospital, Nightingale Building

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