x Greater Manchester How to Refer AQP Direct Access for MRI Please send your completed referral proforma by post or fax to A Guide for Health Professionals the site. Following receipt of the referral, the patient will be contacted by telephone or letter to organise a date for their scan. To make contact with our Booking Centre direct, please call 0845 454 0023. For further information, contact the department administrative team on the details below: Rochdale MRI Centre Rochdale Infirmary, Whitehall Street, Rochdale, Lancashire OL12 0NB Tel : 01706 517 319 Fax : 01706 517 323 Email : [email protected] Europe’s leading independent North Manchester MRI Centre North Manchester General Hospital, Delaunays Road, Crumpsall, Manchester M8 5RB imaging services provider Tel : 0161 720 2095 Fax : 0161 720 2094 Email : [email protected] Stockport Imaging Centre Stepping Hill Hospital, Poplar Grove, Stockport SK2 7JE Turning knowledge into health Tel : 0161 419 5515 Fax : 0161 419 5661 Email : [email protected] AQP Direct Access for MRI 1 patient Why choose Alliance Medical? Alliance Medical is pleased to announce Rochdale MRI Centre / North Manchester MRI scanned • Servicing over 200 NHS and private customers Centre / Stockport Imaging Centre are now able to deliver services under the “Any Qualified Provider” (AQP) contract for Greater Manchester. This GP direct access service • Operating over 50 imaging centres every 15 allows you to refer patients onto their required pathway without having to refer into • Employ over 300 Radiographers - specialist seconds secondary care, resulting in a faster service for you and your patients. expertise • Utilising a network of over 600 UK specialist Radiologists • Over 30 mobile scanners across the UK Current Referral Pathway New Alliance Medical Referral Pathway (via Consultant out-patient referral) (GP direct access) What can I refer for? Neurology Brain, spine, orbits GP Appointment GP Appointment ENT IAMS, soft tissue head/neck, sinus, TMJs 10 MR Angiography Head and carotids Hospital Appointment Scan days Up to Benefits to you and your patients: Scan 18 GP Appointment weeks • Simple referral process • Rapid access - turnaround time from referral to scan and from scan to report (up to 10 days) Hospital Follow Up • Professional, experienced and friendly staff 2 million • Open 14 hours per day Monday to Friday and patients Discharge to GP or 08.00 to 20.00 Saturday and Sunday Commencement of Treatment scanned • Choose and Book enabled per annum Better diagnostics, better decisions, better health.