Number and origin of gastrointestinal investigations
| Investigation | Done by direct GP access | Done as outpatient | Done as inpatient | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | No with pathology | No | No with pathology | No | No with pathology | No | No (%) with pathology | |
| *Denotes investigations which GPs could request directly. Some individual GPs carry out rigid sigmoidoscopy in surgery. | ||||||||
| Upper endoscopy* | 22 | 15 | 63 | 42 | 35 | 22 | 120 | 79 (66) |
| Duodenal biopsy | 8 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 54 | 8(15) |
| Barium meal* | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 (73) |
| Barium enema* | 56 | 37 | 61 | 44 | 14 | 11 | 131 | 92 (70) |
| Rigid sigmoidoscopy | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 2 (5) |
| Flexible sigmoidoscopy | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 (59) |
| Colonoscopy | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 (73) |
| Small bowel investigation | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 (50) |
| Abdominal ultrasound* | 6 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 37 | 17 (46) |