Endoscopy

There are three endoscopy units across bay at Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) and Furness General Hospital (FGH). RLI and FGH offer both outpatient and inpatient procedures, while WGH offer outpatient only.

We provide gastro-intestinal diagnostic procedures and gastro-intestinal therapeutic procedures.

  • Gastroscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy

  • Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
  • Dilatation
  • Achalasia dilatation
  • Stenting
  • Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy  (PEG)
  • Achieving haemostasis