Gastroenterology

Our gastroenterology team is based at Charing Cross, Hammersmith and St Mary’s hospitals.

We offer specialist inflammatory bowel disease and hepato-pancreatobiliary (liver, pancreas and gall bladder) clinics and a specialist small bowel service offering capsule and balloon enteroscopy. We provide a comprehensive service for the diagnosis and care of patients with a wide range of gastroenterological conditions.

Conditions and treatments

We treat a range of conditions including inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, peptic ulcer disease, gastro-oesophageal reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia, cancers of the oesophagus, stomach, pancreas and bowel, bile salt malabsorption and Barrett's oesophagus.

We offer a range of treatments including:

• Therapeutic colonoscopy
• Oesophageal, duodenal, biliary and colonic palliative stenting
• Radiofrequency ablation of Barrett's Oesophagus
• Biopsy / fine needle aspiration
• Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
• Colonoscopy flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Video capsule enteroscopy
• Balloon enteroscopy
• Endoscopic ultrasound
• ‘Spyglass’ Cholangioscopy Oesophageal pH
• Manometry Therapeutic colonoscopy

Additional information

Imperial College Healthcare Private Care

We also offer private care services at Imperial College Healthcare.

All funds generated by our private care services are reinvested back into the Trust, supporting the development of both NHS and private care for the benefit of all our patients.

Find more information about private gastroenterology services on our private care website.