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Providing Flexible Endoscopy Solutions for NHS Trusts

Your Medical Services offers tailored Endoscopy Services to support NHS Trusts in managing the increasing demand for endoscopic care. Our flexible solutions cover Outpatient, Diagnostic, and Surgical pathways, providing full pathway support or targeted assistance to relieve pressure at specific points. We ensure that our services integrate seamlessly with the Trust’s existing infrastructure and resources, optimising patient care and helping Trusts manage capacity more effectively.

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How We Support Endoscopy Pathways

We collaborate with NHS Trusts to offer additional capacity and specialist expertise in the following areas:

  • Diagnostic Endoscopy: Enhancing Trust capacity for essential endoscopic procedures, including colonoscopies, gastroscopies, and sigmoidoscopies. Our skilled Endoscopists and Specialist Nurses ensure that diagnostic assessments meet the highest standards of care, reducing waiting times for critical diagnostic services.
  • Therapeutic Endoscopy: Providing expert support for therapeutic procedures such as polypectomies, dilations, and stenting. This ensures that Trusts can manage both diagnostic and treatment backlogs, offering timely interventions for patients in need of therapeutic care.
  • Bowel Cancer Screening: Assisting Trusts with additional capacity for bowel cancer screening, particularly during age extension rollouts of national screening programmes. Whether providing short-term support during recruitment periods or long-term capacity management, we help Trusts meet their screening targets without compromising service quality.
  • Endoscopy Outpatients: Delivering outpatient clinics for new appointments and follow-ups, with a focus on safe and effective discharge, guidance, and high-quality advice for patients. Our team of Consultants and Specialist Nurses helps reduce outpatient backlogs while maintaining patient care standards.

Our multidisciplinary teams, including Endoscopists, Nurses, Consultants, and Support Staff, work closely with Trusts to deliver efficient, high-quality services across all endoscopy pathways.

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Step 1

We will work with you to identify available capacity within the department on weekdays, evenings and weekends.

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Step 2

Next, we will collaborate with you to produce a Trust-specific operation policy that details all local policies, procedures and patient pathways.

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Step 3

A team of Consultants, Nurses and Decontamination Technicians will then be handpicked by us and approved by you to work in your Trust.

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Step 4

Our team will carry out the service to reduce waiting times and patient backlogs.

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Step 5

Following the first week, we will review the service with you and, if necessary, make any required adjustments.

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Step 6

Weekly telephone calls and monthly conference service review calls will be established, so we can ensure the quality of service remains high and allow two-way feedback going forward.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you run endoscopy clinics and lists at weekends and evenings?

Yes. Most endoscopy insourcing runs in your own estate at weekends and evenings, maximising utilisation of the theatres and clinic rooms you already pay for, including diagnostic endoscopy, therapeutic endoscopy, bowel cancer screening, endoscopy outpatients.

How are your endoscopy clinicians vetted?

Every clinician is vetted to NHS employment check standards before mobilisation: DBS, right to work, professional registration, appraisal and revalidation evidence, and references. Our CQC Registered Manager holds accountability for the framework.

What does endoscopy insourcing cost?

Every YMS solution is designed to be delivered significantly below tariff, with no binding contracts and no minimum spend. After a scoping call we return a costed proposal with activity modelling and a clear exit point.

What happens to the endoscopy service when the backlog is cleared?

We work to the Three Phase Recovery Model: Recovery clears the list, Maintenance holds performance with hybrid teams, and Independence transfers knowledge and capability to your permanent workforce, with our staff often moving into substantive posts.

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Maximising Efficiency in Endoscopy Services

Your Medical Services offers flexible insourcing options, including weekend and evening clinics, to assist NHS Trusts in managing growing demand for endoscopy services. We help maximise the use of existing resources, maintaining service continuity and reducing waiting times for vital endoscopic procedures.

Our ability to provide these services depends on each Trust’s infrastructure and resources, allowing us to create solutions tailored to specific operational needs.

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