What is a private vascular scan?
Private vascular scans are medical imaging examinations performed by private healthcare providers where the patient or a private health insurance company pays for the examination. Private diagnostic imaging providers such as Elite Community Ultrasound offer several kinds of private vascular scans.
Why should I need to have private vascular ultrasound scan?
Ultrasounds have been proved the best diagnostic non-invasive diagnostic technique that utilizes sound waves to generate visual representations of soft tissues in the human body. It is a safer and more economical alternative to certain types of imaging tests which don’t involve radiation exposure.
You can have appointment quickly even same day which can result in early diagnosis and treatment of your illness unlike several weeks waiting time in hospitals and other public sector institution which can impact the severity of disease significantly regardless.
Most accurate diagnosis which can help your GP, nurse, or other healthcare professionals to make and proceed your treatment in the right direction so that it could be prevented to get more worse as prevention is better than cure.
Finally, you can have comfortable and hassle-free environment in private ultrasound clinics. Please read our client’s reviews and book appointment confidently.
Finally, you can have comfortable and hassle-free environment in our private ultrasound clinics.
Frequently Asked Questions
Simple answer is no! However, self-referral can’t replace an appropriate medical advice from your healthcare professional, and we always
recommend getting in touch with your relevant healthcare professional such as GP, nurse etc for any medical consultation.
If you feel any symptom in any part of the body and wish to have scan, please have a look at the name of the scan most relevant to your body
part. Simply visit that page for detailed information including all symptoms/FAQs this scan is suitable for. If you are still not sure, kindly get
in touch with us either via live chat or call us. Alternatively, get in touch with your GP surgery before you book any scan.
No preparation is required.
There is no specific requirement of clothing for undergoing this scan.
No, there is no known risk of having this examination. However, certain factors or conditions may interfere with the results of the test. These include high BMI.
Yes, you can bring up to two companions. However, the number might vary for 4D/5D baby scans.
The ultrasound itself doesn’t cause any pain and you won’t feel anything other than the sensor being applied to your skin. Ultrasounds are often
used to try and identify the cause of a patient’s health problems they have been experiencing. In these cases, some pressure is applied to the surface of the patient’s skin over an affected body part.
You will be asked either to sit down on the scan stool or lay down on the scan couch (bed) comfortably and safely subject to the type of scan and will be advised accordingly before the ultrasound examination. Our well qualified experienced Consultant Radiologist/sonographer will put water-based gel on the area of clinical interest. Thereafter, they examine that area by placing the probe (camera) over them.
The duration of a single scan is usually 20minutes.
You will be given a provisional verbal report of your result. After that, you can go home or go back to work as needed. Later on, the radiologist/sonographer will review the images and draw up a report of the results. The encrypted final digital report along with relevant images will be sent to your registered email address safely. However, we also can send the same to your registered GP or other healthcare professional if you
want.
If any abnormality or pathology is revealed during the scan, our performing radiologist or sonographer would advise you whether you require any
follow up, further imaging, referring to your GP or concern healthcare professional for further assessment and management.
You will get your scan result withing 24h-48hr.
You will get your full refund you paid for booking of your scan appointment if you cancel or reschedule it by giving us minimum 48 hours’ notice
however this timescale is 24 hours for those who booked the same day appointment. Please read our cancellation and reschedule policies in terms
& conditions which can be found on our website.
Although we try our best to complete the scan on the same day however, in some cases, we may not be able to do the main purpose of the scan due to baby is in a tricky position, or it could be something else like too much bowel gas that can cloud the ultrasound picture, particularly in pregnancy
related scans. If that happens, we'll book you a rescan at no extra cost in order to complete the main purpose. You may find the main purpose on the scan page you will book or have already booked.
Please contact us asap we shall try our best to accommodate you, but you may have to wait as the other appointments after you can be impacted significantly due to the fully booked clinics.
If I can’t find my answer in FAQs?
Please don’t worry and simply contact us we shall be more than happy to answer your query.
