Radiology Department

The Radiology Department at Macclesfield District General Hospital is located on the ground floor of the main building.

Our specialities

It consists of the following specialities:

• General radiology – There are two x-ray rooms which are accessed by patients from A&E, outpatients, inpatients and by GP referrals.
• Fluoroscopy - One x-ray room undertaking specialist procedures such as barium meals and barium enemas.
• Dental - One room located within the main department undertaking intra-oral and Orthopantomograph (OPG) work from the dental clinic and local dentists.
• Ultrasound - Three rooms undertaking non-obstetric procedures.
• CT scanning - One room undertaking scans for inpatients, outpatient and GP referrals.
• MRI scanning - a suite located between the X-ray Department and the Medical Admissions Unit undertaking scans for inpatient, outpatient and GP referrals.
• Orthopaedic x-ray - Located within the Orthopaedic Unit undertaking x-rays for inpatient and outpatient referrals.
• Obstetric ultrasound - located in the antenatal clinic, two rooms catering for the Early Pregnancy Unit and the Obstetric patients.
• Victoria Breast Unit - has two x-ray machines and undertakes both screening and symptomatic patients. There is also a mobile unit that covers the Stockport area for screening.

Peripheral sites

There are three peripheral sites located at Knutsford District Community Hospital, Congleton War Memorial Hospital, and Handforth health clinic. Both community hospitals cater for inpatient, outpatient and GP referrals, Handforth health clinic only provides a service for GP referrals

Our staff

The department consists of the following:

• Eight consultant radiologists
• One staff grade radiologist
• Two registrar radiologists
• 26 radiographers
• Five sonographers
• Six assistant practitioners
• Four radiography helpers
• Administrative staff

Opening times

Area	Hours
General X ray	Full 24 hour, 7 day per week service
MR	Mon - Fri - 8.00am - 20.00pm  Saturday 8.30am -17.00pm
CT	Mon - Fri 8.00am – 18.00pm
Ultrasound	Mon - Fri 8.30am – 17.00pm

GP access

There is a walk in service at Macclesfield District General Hospital main department for plain X-rays between 8.30am and 6.00pm Monday to Friday.

Contact details

Out of hours Macclesfield District General Hospital operates an answer machine service. Any messages will be picked up at 8.30am by the office staff Monday to Friday.
 
As our radiographers work alone at the peripheral sites, during working hours if your call is not answered a message may be left and the radiographer will ring back as soon as they can.