Chest x-ray
Lung Cancer Screening
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 07483 656 660 (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, Denton Park Medical Group, Park Medical Group, Parkway Medical Group, Cruddas Park Medical Group, Thornfield Medical Group, Westerhope Medical Group, Newcastle Medical Centre, Regent Medical Centre, Fenham Hall Surgery, Holmside Medical Group, St Anthony’s Health Centre, The Grove Medical Group, Benfield Park Medical Group and Brunton Park Health Centre.
Locations of x-ray: Freeman Hospital and RVI (Royal Victoria Infirmary) – just walk in between 9am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday.
How to get to the Freeman Hospital
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.
