Chest x-ray

Northern Cancer Alliance is funding pilot projects offering a FREE chest x-ray to specific patients without seeing a GP.

Patients are eligible it they:

• Are aged 40 or over
• Haven’t had a chest x-ray in the last 3 months
• Have had one or more of the following for more than 3 weeks:
  • A cough
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Feeling less hungry or losing weight
  • Pains around your chest or upper back
  • Tiredness

 

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Who can use this service: Patients from Gateshead Recovery Partnership (drug and alcohol service) and service users at Basis homeless support.

Locations of x-ray: Queen Elizabeth Hospital or Metrocentre Community Diagnostic Centre – appointment arranged by clinical team.

How to get to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital

How to get to Metrocentre Community Diagnostic Centre

Contact: HIVE Team on 07980 969259 (calls or SMS) or speak to Angie Weeks, (Basis) Specialist Homelessness Nurse or your Recovery Co-ordinator at Gateshead Recovery Partnership.

 

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Who can use this service: Patients from Elswick Family Practice, Walker Medical Group and Denton Park Medical Group.

Locations of x-ray: Freeman Hospital and Royal Victoria Infirmary.

How to get to the Freeman Hospital

How to get to the Royal Victoria Infirmary

Contact: 0191 282 4827

 

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Who can use this service: Patients from GP practices in Wallsend and North Shields

Location of x-ray: North Tyneside General Hospital

How to get to North Tyneside General Hospital

 

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

*Who can use this service: Specialist nurses will refer patients from drug and alcohol treatment services in Darlington.

Locations of x-ray: Darlington Memorial Hospital, University Hospital North Durham

How to get to Darlington Memorial Hospital

How to get to University Hospital North Durham

*Please note patients are unable to refer themselves to this service – they will be identified through their specialist nurses.