Endoscopy

What we do

The Endoscopy Unit and Outpatient facility is an integral part of the GEMS Directorate at St. James’s Hospital. The Endoscopy Unit provides a comprehensive Diagnostic Endoscopy Service to over 12,000 Patients per annum... The function of the Unit is to provide planned day care endoscopic procedures and outpatient services to patients following GP/OPD referral or as an In Patient. An endoscopic day case is a patient who is admitted for investigation or treatment on a planned non-resident basis and who nonetheless requires facilities for recovery.

The service is provided in a self contained, dedicated Day Endoscopy and Outpatient facility. Purpose built and the largest in the country, it boasts state of the art facilities and equipment incorporating the ADAM Traceability system for all endoscopes. St. James’s Endoscopy unit are proud and privileged to have an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Gastroenterology on site providing a diagnostic and therapeutic OGD and Colonoscopy service. The endoscopy Unit has 6 fully equipped endoscopy rooms, 2 X-Ray screening rooms, 1 endoscopic ultrasound room, a pre-assessment ward and 24 recovery bays. The Service is supported also by a Colorectal Cancer Nurse Co-ordinator, Upper GI  Co-ordinator and a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Gastroenterology.

The Outpatient facility has 2 consultation suites and accommodates stoma care and GI Function Laboratory facilities. It is intended that the Unit be used exclusively for day endoscopy and outpatient clinics, the planning and design reflects the needs of this client group only.

The Unit provides day care services for the following procedures.

• Upper GI Endoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• Sigmoidoscopy
• Cystoscopy
• Endoscopic retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP )
• Bronchoscopy
• Endobroncial ultrasound
• Endoscopic Ultrasound
• TRUS Biopsy
• Urea Breath Test
• Haemachromatosis management

Contact Details

Gastroenterology Services, Endoscopy Department, St James’s Hospital, Dublin 8.

Endoscopy Fax: (01) 410 3492
Endoscopy Unit Phone: (01) 416 2109 / 416 2110

Referral Procedures

GPs can refer directly into the endoscopy unit using the endoscopy referral form:
This can be downloaded via the following:  http://www.stjames.ie/GPsHealthcareProfessionals/Referral/ReferralForms/endoscopy%20ref.pdf