Endoscopy
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The endoscopy unit comprises of six procedure rooms, providing facilities for both in-patient and out-patient investigations.
The unit offers a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound and bronchoscopic ultrasound.
The unit is staffed by a team of experienced endoscopy nurses, the nursing staff working in close collaboration with gastroenterologists and hepatologists, clinical endoscopists, gastro-intestinal surgeons and respiratory physicians.
All the staff are committed to ensuring that the highest standard of clinical care is delivered. The unit provides a range of educational and training programmes in endoscopy, available to both medical and nursing staff.
The Endoscopy Unit is one of three National Endoscopy Training Centres and houses the SW London Bowel Cancer Screening Centre.
Patient information leaflets for endoscopy
Contact details
Patient Line
St George’s Site
0208 725 1913
Open Monday to Thursday, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Friday, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Nelson Health Centre
0203 668 8133
Open 8:00 am – 5:00 pm every day except Wednesdays
Queen Mary’s Site
0208 487 6466
Open Monday to Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Please note that our caller ID is withheld, so we kindly ask that you answer when we call. If you need to contact us, please be aware that there may be a queue; we aim to answer all calls within 30 minutes. Thank you for your understanding.
Opening hours
The Unit is open from 08:00 to 18:00 Monday to Friday
Treatments
- Diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy, including EMR (Endoscopic Mucosal Resection) and ESD (Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection)
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Diagnostic and therapeutic Upper GI endoscopy
- ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Choloangiopancreatography)
- EUS and EBUS (Endoscopic Ultrasound & Endobronchial Ultrasound)
- Feeding tube insertion (PEG, (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy), PEJ
- (Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostromy) and nasal bridle)
- BCSS (Bowel Cancer Screening Service), specialist team within the unit providing a screening services with a specialist admin and nursing team that is JAG (Joint Advisory Group) accredited
Please be aware that simple diagnostic tests are now carried out at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton and at the Nelson Health Centre in Wimbledon. Therapeutic procedures continue to take place at St George’s Hospital in Tooting.
St Georges Hospital:
- Gastroscopy (OGD)
- Colonoscopy
- Flexible-sigmoidoscopy
- Gastroscopy & colonoscopy
- Gastroscopy & flexible-sigmoidoscopy
- ERCP
- EUS & EBUS
- PEG (feeding tube) insertion
- Bowel cancer screening service
- Advanced Endoscopic Resection of Polyps in the Large Bowel (EMR)
Queen Mary’s Hospital:
- Gastroscopy (OGD)
- Colonoscopy
- Flexible-sigmoidoscopy
- Gastroscopy & colonoscopy
- Gastroscopy & flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Bowel cancer screening service
The Nelson Health Centre:
- Gastroscopy (OGD)
- Flexible-sigmoidoscopy
- Gastroscopy & flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Transnasal Endoscopy (TNE)
Referrals
- Dr Gareth Sadler – Director of Endoscopy Services
- Dr John Louis-Auguste Director of Bowel Cancer Screening
- Dr Kesavan Kandiah – Endoscopy Training Lead
- Libby Shepherd – Deputy Director of Bowel Screening
- Vicki Hedley – Lead Nurse for Endoscopy Services
- David Calayag – Endoscopy Nurse Manager
- Alison Stroud – Matron
- Michaela Petrik – Service Manager
- Danielle Whiter – Bowel Cancer Screening Manager