What we do
We offer endoscopy services at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, Burnley
General Teaching Hospital and Rossendale Primary Health Care Centre, collectively known as East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Endoscopy is a procedure that uses a long, thin, flexible, lighted tube called an endoscope, to diagnose or treat a condition within the gastrointestinal tract.
Here at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust we offer a range of endoscopic procedures of the gastrointestinal tract. This includes diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of the upper GI tract (gastroscopy), colon (colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy).
Endoscopy is performed by doctors and specially trained nurses (Nurse Endoscopists). All endoscopists have met the criteria set by the UK national endoscopy body JAG (Joint Advisory Group on GI Endoscopy) and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Endoscopy Service has been fully accredited by JAG. All endoscopists are supported by specialist endoscopy nurses and health care assistants.
As an endoscopy team we aim to:
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Make your visit to the unit as relaxed and as dignified as possible
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Keep you fully informed of what is happening at all times to enable you to make informed choices
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Provide an accessible, timely and high-quality patient-centred service
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Provide you with a high standard of care based on current recommendations and protocols
We provide you with a full report of your procedure before you leave our unit. This means that you will be fully informed of the outcome of your procedure. We will also let you know if you need to have any further investigations.
On this web page you will find information about all the procedures and treatments we offer, including helpful links to external websites. You will be able to access information about the endoscopy units and the members of staff that will be looking after you on your visit.
This web page also offers information regarding any disease or disorder that you may be diagnosed with on your visit as well as providing information regarding improving your health and lifestyle.
We welcome patient feedback and undertake a regular patient satisfaction survey.
For any enquiries about this webpage please contact Stacey.Littler-Roberts@elht.nhs.uk
How to get access the service
E-Referrals
E referrals (formerly know as Choose and book) is the service that lets you book, change or cancel a routine hospital appointment either online or by phone.
When you and your GP agree you need a referral to a specialist, E-referrals shows your GP which locations provide appropriate treatment, and you can choose a date and time to suit you.
Most services at the East Lancashire NHS Hospital Trust are already directly bookable through E-referrals as part of our commitment to offer patients fast, efficient and reliable access to healthcare. We provide services at a number of locations so that patients can choose to be treated closer to home.
You will be given an Appointment Request Letter containing your Reference Number and Password. Make sure you have these in front of you when booking an appointment.
Where to find us
Our services can be accessed at the following locations:
- Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital
- Burnley General Teaching Hospital
- Rossendale Primary Healthcare Centre
Service Lead
- Dr Venkat Mahesh - Clinical Lead for Endoscopy
Key staff
We have a highly skilled and dedicated team at ELHT. You can find out who they are below:
Dr Fouad Alani - Gastroenterologist
Specialises in all diagnostic endoscopy and specialist therapeutic endoscopy
Dr Mostafa Afifi - Gastroenterology Associate Specialist
Performs all diagnostic upper and lower GI endoscopies, haemostatic measures for GI bleeds, variceal band ligation and feeding tube insertions.
Special interest in Luminal procedures, polypectomies and EMR.
Dr Joseph K Collum - Clinical Director for Digestive Diseases and Consultant Gastroenterologist
Specialises in diagnostic/therapeutic endoscopy and Bowel Cancer Screening
Dr Abdelrahman Farag - Consultant Gastroenterologist
Performs all diagnostic upper and lower GI endoscopies, haemostatic measures for GI bleeds, variceal band ligation and feeding tube insertions.
Special interest in Luminal procedures, polypectomies, EMR and Bowel cancer screening.
Dr Ioannis Gkikas – Consultant Gastroenterologist
Specialises in all diagnostic endoscopy and performs Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP), Therapeutic Endoscopy, and Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of the Oesophagus and Stomach (EMRs)
Dr Charles Grimley - Consultant Gastroenterologist
Specialises in all diagnostic endoscopy, Upper GI EMR and Therapeutic Endoscopy and is a Bowel Cancer Screening Colonoscopist
Dr Hassan Hatab - Consultant Gastroenterologist
Special interest in liver disease, Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, Diagnostic EUS and training in ERCP
Professor Damien Lynch - Consultant Gastroenterologist
Specialises in all diagnostic endoscopy and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP)
Dr Venkat Mahesh - Endoscopy Clinical Lead and Consultant Gastroenterologist
Performs all routine diagnostic upper and lower GI endoscopy. Special areas of interest include all aspects of pancreaticobiliary endoscopy including ERCP, diagnostic and therapeutic Endoscopic Ultrasound, advanced endoscopy especially upper GI EMR and enteroscopy.
Dr Georgios Marinopoulos - Consultant Gastroenterologist
Specialises in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, advanced LGI polypectomy, leading consultant in video capsule endoscopy.
Dr Stephen McClements - Consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist
Performs diagnostic and therapeutic luminal endoscopy
Dr Chris Meaden - Consultant Gastroenterologist
Specialist in diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower GI endoscopy, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP) and Bowel Cancer Screening
Dr Hamid Mushtaq - Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist
Performs all diagnostic upper and lower GI endoscopies, haemostatic measures for GI bleeds, variceal band ligation and feeding tube insertions.
Special interest in Luminal procedures, polypectomies and EMR.
Dr Mohamed Shibeika
- Consultant Gastroenterologist with a specialist interest in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) disease.
- Specialist in diagnostic and therapeutic luminal endoscopy .
- Performs ERCP and EUS.
Dr Muhammad Jan – Consultant in Acute Medicine
Upper GI Diagnostic Endoscopist, training in colonoscopy
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Mr Abdulmoniem Abdulgader - Locum General and Colorectal Surgeon
Diagnostic Endoscopy
Mr Haytham Abudeeb - General and Colorectal Surgeon
Specialises in all diagnostic endoscopy
Mr Rami Ahmad, Locum Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
Specialises in lower GI endoscopy, diagnostic and some therapeutic interventions.
Mrs Jennifer Binnington - Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
Specialises in colorectal and paediatrics.
Mr Andrew Evans - Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
Specialises in diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopies, Diagnostic and some therapeutic upper GI endoscopy
Mr Michael Gill - Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
Specialises in colorectal and TAMIS (trans-anal minimally invasive surgery).
Mr Nick Heywood - Consultant General and Emergency Colorectal Surgeon
Specialises in colorectal surgery and diagnostic lower GI endoscopy
Mr Subba Kanchustambam Locum Consultant HPB and General Surgeon
Specialising in diagnostic upper GI endoscopy
Mr Valampalayam Natarajan – Associate Specialist in General Surgery
Specialises in all diagnostic endoscopy procedures and selective EMRs.
Mrs Judith Salaman - Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
Specialises in all diagnostic endoscopy procedures
Mr Adnan Sheik - Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
Specialises in all diagnostic endoscopy procedures
Mr Louis Vitone - Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
Specialises in all diagnostic endoscopic procedures and transanal endoscopic microsurgery
Sister Sarah Alcock - Nurse Endoscopist Practitioner
Specialises in performing all diagnostic lower endoscopy and specialises in diagnostic upper GI
Sister Caroline Bartle - Nurse Endoscopist Practitioner
Specialises in all diagnostic lower GI endoscopy and bowel scope screening (BoSS)
Sister Jo Heffernan - Nurse Endoscopist Practitioner
Specialises in performing all diagnostic lower endoscopy and specialises in diagnostic upper GI.
Sister Stacey Littler Roberts - Nurse Endoscopist Practitioner
Specialises in performing all diagnostic lower endoscopy and specialises in diagnostic upper GI
Sister Helen Morrell - Nurse Endoscopist Practitioner
Specialises in performing all diagnostic lower endoscopy and specialises in diagnostic upper GI.
Sister Christie Mortimer – Trainee Nurse Endoscopist Practitioner
Specialises in all diagnostic upper GI endoscopy and training in lower GI endoscopy
Charge Nurse Benjamin Palmer – Nurse Endoscopist Practitioner
Specialises in performing all diagnostic lower endoscopy and specialises in diagnostic upper GI
Sister Michelle Stone - Lead Nurse Endoscopist Practitioner
Specialises in performing all diagnostic lower endoscopy and specialises in diagnostic upper GI
Sister Jessica Williams – Trainee Nurse Endoscopist
Specialises in all diagnostic upper GI endoscopy and training in lower GI endoscopy
Jackie Stanworth - Operational Manager
Charge Nurse Christopher Russell - Endoscopy Matron
Senior Sister Charlotte Lowe – Unit manager for Endoscopy A at Burnley General Teaching Hospital.
Senior Sister Nicola Rickwood - Unit Manager for Endoscopy B and the Endoscopy Pre-Op assessment team at Burnley General Teaching Hospital
Senior Sister Karen Higham - Endoscopy Unit Manager at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Rossendale Primary Health care Centre.
Sister Megan Gillson - Nurse Lead at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital
Charge Nurse Benjamin Horobin - Nurse Lead at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital
Charge Nurse Edesiri Onoghojebi – Nurse Lead at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital
Sister Rachel Senogles - Nurse Lead at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital
Sister Suzanne Peaker - Endoscopy Practice Educator
Sister Heather Wilkinson - Endoscopy Practice Educator
Sister Rachel Pool - Nurse Lead at Endoscopy A Burnley General Teaching Hospital
Sister Mariya Shaikh - Nurse Lead at Endoscopy A Burnley General Teaching Hospital
Sister Rachel Riley – Nurse Lead at Endoscopy A Burnley General Teaching Hospital
Sister Zahira Bhatti – Nurse Lead at Endoscopy A, Burnley General Teaching Hospital
Sister Angela Cardona – Nurse Lead at Endoscopy B, Burnley General Teaching Hospital
Sister Priyanka MacGregor – Nurse Lead at Endoscopy B, Burnley General Teaching Hospital
Sister Sarah Couch - Nurse Lead at Rossendale Primary Health Care Centre
Sister Megan Donnelly - Nurse Lead at Rossendale Primary Health Care Centre
Sister Marie Johnson - Endoscopy Pre-assessment Sister
General enquiries
Burnley General Teaching Hospital (Monday-Sunday)
- 8.00 am to 6.30 pm 01282 805117
- 6.30 pm - 8.00 am – Contact out of hours service on 111
Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital (Monday-Sunday)
- 8.00 am to 6.30 pm 01254 733191
- 6.30 pm to 8.00 am - Contact out of hours service on 111
Rossendale Primary Health Care Centre (Monday-Friday)
- 8.00 am to 6.30 pm - 01706 235360
- 6.30 pm - 8.00 am - Contact out-of-hours service on 111
Saturday and Sunday - (24 hours) Contact 111 out-of-hours service for advice or attend your local urgent care centre for urgent symptom management
Additional information
Below is additional information that you my find helpful. You can also find lifestyle advice here and enoscopy guidelines here.
For accessibility information to help you get to the endoscopy department at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital please select the link below:
