Endoscopy

The Booking Team at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

0300 422 6350

or

0300 422 6351

The Booking Team at Cheltenham General Hospital

0300 422 6899

or

0300 422 6359

Our aim is to provide the very highest standards of care to patients and relatives alike ensuring privacy and dignity are maintained at all times.

An endoscopy is a procedure where the inside of your body is examined using an instrument called an endoscope. Read more about Endscopy

Our two Endoscopy Units at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals care for adult men and women, as both inpatients and outpatients, undergoing a variety of endoscopic procedures.

Our main procedures are:

  • Gastroscopy
  • EUS (Endoscopic Ultra Sound)
  • Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
  • TRUS (Trans Rectal Ultra Sound)
  • Colonoscopy
  • Enteroscopy
  • Video Capsule Endoscopy
  • Bronchoscopy
  • EBUS ( Endoscopic bronchial Ultra Sound)
  • PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastroscopy) insertion, changes and removal
  • Colonical stenting
  • ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography).

Consultants

Dr John Anderson
Prof Hugh Barr
Mr David Hewin

Wards

Endoscopy Unit (Cheltenham)
Endoscopy Unit (Gloucester)

Information Leaflets

Coming to Endoscopy GHPI1424_06_17.pdf
pdf - 278.4 KB
Gastroscopy with Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) for oesophageal dysplasia GHPI1215_01_17.pdf
pdf - 133.7 KB
Having a bronchoscopy GHPI0559_06_17.pdf
pdf - 158.2 KB
Information about day case ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography) GHPI0546_06_17.pdf
pdf - 148.1 KB
Undergoing an enteroscopy GHPI1246_06_17.pdf
pdf - 161.5 KB
Undergoing an Oesophageal Endoscopic Resection (ER) GHPI1209_12_16.pdf
pdf - 138.0 KB
Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) GHPI1208_12_16.pdf
pdf - 138.5 KB
Bowel Prep - gastroscopy and colonoscopy afternoon appointment - using Klean Prep GHPI1164_08_15.pdf
pdf - 98.5 KB
How to take your bowel preparation: for a standard afternoon appointment GHPI1135_06_19
pdf - 514.9 KB
How to take your Bowel Preparation For afternoon appointments using Klean Prep GHPI1137_06_19
pdf - 519.0 KB
How to take your bowel preparation for a morning appointment using Klean Prep GHPI1138_06_19
pdf - 519.2 KB
How to take your Bowel Preparation: for a gastroscopy and colonoscopy standard morning appointment (using 'Klean Prep')
pdf - 519.9 KB
How to take your Bowel Preparation: for a gastroscopy and colonoscopy standard afternoon appointment
pdf - 523.9 KB
How to take your bowel preparation: for a gastroscopy and colonoscopy standard morning appointment
pdf - 524.2 KB

Also of interest

Coming to Endoscopy (easy read)

Undergoing a Video Capsule Endoscopy (VCE)

Endoscopy Unit (Gloucester)

Endoscopy Unit (Cheltenham)
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