Xray

[4getmenot]

When going to hospital for an xray can they tell you the results straight away?

[888sally888]

They can but only if a consultant type person is available. have found in the past that the radiologer wont ever comment.

[4getmenot]

Ok thank you, so do they just send notes back to your GP?

[firewatch]

the radiographer will write up a report and this will be sent back to your GP, were you GP reffered or an A+E admission? it does not matter it just goes back on differn't forms.
Are you ok?

[888sally888]

Yes your right - if the appointment was made through your GP the x ray results will go back there.

[firewatch]

I should know I have been studying the whole of the NHS admission procedures for the last nine months LOL!!
Do you want me to go into the convulted reason why they need all these forms etc??

[888sally888]

ooops sorry fire - did I sound like a clever clogs (an not really!! am blonde!!)

[andrea81]

Hi 4get,

Hope you're well though. I had and x-Ray because they thought I had a blood clot during pregnancy as I was coughing up blood. I had to go to A+E and was seen by consultant that day as there was one in A+E at all times.

As for a normal appointment, if it's just with Radiographer then no, you will have to wait for a consultant report.

[IggyB]

expect a delay - in my experience it seems to take 3 or 4 days when its a gp referral rather than an a&e thing... notes to a consultant, then to the gp, then a booking for you to come in etc

[4getmenot]

I;m fine its not me but thanks for worrying everyone. My boyfriend has been referred by GP and is going for some today, I've just sick of waiting for news that I wondered if he would get results today

[Eve]

Probably depends on the urgency of it and how quick the results are needed.

You might get a hint from the radiographer especially if looking for something clear and there's an obvious fracture.

Having spent quite a bit of time waiting in an x-ray waiting room recently you often hear them tell them that when referring to a GP if can take a few weeks.

If for casualty before now they've sent them down with me and the nurse has viewed them on a screen. Sometimes they send them digitally.

For a specialist I've had to wait until my next specialist's appointment for the results.

[MrXLA]

If your boyfriend has been referred by your GP for radiography, then typically a radiographer will do the exposure, a consultant radiologist will dictate a report, his/her secretary will type up the report and this will be sent to the GP as you can imagine this will usually take a 2 weeks approx.
If the request was marked urgent then the report might be available to the GP more quickly.
In A&E the films can be available straight away to the A&E doctors however a formal report is still written by a radiologist.
Oral and maxillofacial views are the only (there may be others) type of radiographs that MAY not be reported on (depending on who takes them).

[4getmenot]

Well hospital have sent it through as urgent but said could take up to a week

[FUZZYBEE]

Unfortunatley Firewatch, your studying for 9 months has not quite up to scratch. A Radiographer will not report on films it is the Radiologist who will report. Some Radiographers are qualified to report but it's quite rare and they are usually specialised such as Barium Enemas or Barium Meals. I think now with a lot of hospitals and GP surgeries the reporting time should be fairly quick as the process is now done digitally. I think they say 7-12 to cover themselves but my particular trust has a turnaround time of within 48 hours from xray to report. We employ 2 radiologists who just sit all day reporting for GP's. If you really are concerned 4get then telephone your GP and ask them if they can chase it. GOOD LUCK