Why choose Spire Clare Park for your diagnostic tests?
At Spire Clare Park Hospital, we combine advanced imaging technology with expert clinicians for quick, clear diagnostic answers.
- Fast access diagnostic imaging with minimal wait times
- Latest MRI, CT, X-ray and ultrasound technology
- Comfortable scanning environments
- Expert reporting to support your care decisions
- Support from referral to scan to results
Booking your scans or tests with Spire can provide an early warning of health problems, help your doctor to identify and monitor conditions or rule them out. Once you’ve had your test, an expert member of our team can provide a diagnosis and advise on the most appropriate treatment if this is necessary.
Select from our range of available scans and investigation treatments
- Back pain investigations (discography)
- Barium enema
- Barium swallow and barium meal
- Bladder investigations (cystoscopy)
- Breast lump investigation
- Breast health risk assessment
- Cardiomemo recording
- CT scan
- ECG monitoring or event recorder - 24/48 hour
- Exercise ECG
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Kidney X-ray (retrograde pyelogram)
- Mammogram (mammography)
- MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging scan)
- Ultrasound scan
- Urodynamics
- X-ray
What to Expect
Before your scan or test
- Referral required from GP/consultant
- Specific preparation instructions (e.g. fasting for abdominal CT)
During your scan
- Friendly support from radiographers
- Comfortable environment and clear instructions
After your scan
- Fast reporting from specialists
- Results shared with your referring clinician
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