Radiology

Our team 

The Radiology team also consists of a very highly skilled workforce including, Radiology Registrars, Advanced Practitioners, Radiographers, Sonographers Assistant Practitioners, Cross sectional imaging assistants (CSIA) and Radiology Department Assistant’s (RDA) 

As we are a teaching hospital, supervised students may perform examinations. 

How to contact us 

Radiology Booking Office – 01925 661370 

Phone lines open 8.15am – 4.15pm, Monday - Friday 

Our services  

• Main Xray – There are two x-ray rooms for patients referred by A&E, outpatients, inpatients, and GP referrals. Located on the ground floor (main Xray) 
• Orthopaedic Xray Unit – For inpatient and outpatient Xray referrals – located in the orthopaedic Unit. 
• Ultrasound scanning – Located in Radiology Department Ground Floor 
• Obstetric Ultrasound – located in the antenatal clinic catering for early pregnancy.
• CT – Two CT scanners including Cardiac CT scanning.
• MRI - Two MRI scanners - MR1 accessed via the main hospital corridor, MR2 is located within the Radiology department. 
• Fluoroscopy – for interventional and specialist procedures.
• Dental – Located in Main X-ray. By appointment only. 

Access times

General Xray –

• Emergency service 24-hours seven days a week  
• GP walk in Service GP Walk in Service at Macclesfield - for X-ray's with a justified request available 8.30am – 4.30pm Monday – Friday. (Not available on Bank Holidays). It is important to note that we are an emergency service; and as such you may not always be in order of arrival due to clinically urgent patients requiring urgent imaging. 
• Outpatients – we operate a walk in Service in line with clinics. Your doctor will provide this information at your clinic appointment. Some X-ray’s may require a future appointment if a follow up is required. 

For all other Diagnostic Services, an appointment will be allocated. 

Peripheral Sites: 

• Congleton CDC offers General X-ray and Ultrasound.

Ultrasound is by appointment only

*X-Ray operates a walk in service only.

• Walk in X-rays only 9am-12pm and 1pm - 4.30pm.
• No X-ray appointments offered at Congleton CDC - these will be Macclesfield District General Hospital only.
• No Orthopantomogram (OPG) service at CDC.
• ​​Handforth Ultrasound by appointment only. 
• Knutsford Ultrasound by appointment only.                                                                                  

*Please note that Congleton CDC isn't currently open for X-rays.

Obtaining your Results 

• Reporting Times (Results) We endeavor to align with National Guidelines.  

• Non-urgent inpatients: A maximum of 24 hours.

• Outpatient faster diagnosis standard: A maximum of three days.

• Urgent GP and outpatient: A maximum of seven days.

• Routine outpatient and GP: A maximum of 28 days. 

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