NHS X Ray Report

PoGee

I asked for a copy of my x-ray report of my pelvis. It was just 2 lines. First was from my GP saying 'hip pain, ?OA'.

Report - no significant bone abnormality noted.

Is this really all it's meant to show?

maman

I haven't had experience of an X-ray report but have had other hospital tests and procedures. Generally I have been copied in to the letter sent to the GP which is succinct, brief and to the point as yours is.

I'm assuming that your X-ray was to perhaps discover whether bone abnormality was causing symptoms and it seems nothing showed up. 

74jax

I ask for my reports together with the findings and analysis from the specialist reading the image. 

I did this after getting what yours was like.  I was then told to ask for the image and specialist report.

I now get the image, about an a5 page of findings, what it isn't, what it could be, what can be seen from the specialist reading the image to my doctor. And then 2 lines from the doctor summariseing it to me. 

PoGee

74jax said:

I ask for my reports together with the findings and analysis from the specialist reading the image. 

I did this after getting what yours was like.  I was then told to ask for the image and specialist report.

I now get the image, about an a5 page of findings, what it isn't, what it could be, what can be seen from the specialist reading the image to my doctor. And then 2 lines from the doctor summariseing it to me. 

I got my x-ray done via my GP 74jax - do you know if I should get the images from my GP or hospital? Did you contact the hospital legal department to get your reports or the specialist himself?
My one lined report was from the radiologist who read the report. I'm thinking of getting anotther one privately just so that I can get an in depth report.

theoretica

Is another Xray and more detailed report really what you want?  More detail would probably just be a list of everything which looked normal. It seems more likely that you want different investigation - xrays show mainly bones, the xray report said that they don't think your pain is caused by bones.  What response did you get from your GP when you asked what the next step should be in investigating your hip pain?

Flugelhorn

the GP says: Hip pain-  is this osteoarthritis?

and the radiologist says: no significant bone abnormality seen 

the images are not usually sent to the GP ( I never saw any in 20 + years in practice unless someone came back from abroad clutching them) 

there are more causes to hip pain than OA - that is what you really need to get to the bottom of and early OA doesn;t always show up https://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h5983

74jax

PoGee said:

74jax said:

I ask for my reports together with the findings and analysis from the specialist reading the image. 

I did this after getting what yours was like.  I was then told to ask for the image and specialist report.

I now get the image, about an a5 page of findings, what it isn't, what it could be, what can be seen from the specialist reading the image to my doctor. And then 2 lines from the doctor summariseing it to me. 

I got my x-ray done via my GP 74jax - do you know if I should get the images from my GP or hospital? Did you contact the hospital legal department to get your reports or the specialist himself?
My one lined report was from the radiologist who read the report. I'm thinking of getting anotther one privately just so that I can get an in depth report.

Mine are all appointments requested by the GP.
The mri's, xrays and ultrasounds were done at hospital. The radiologist/specialist sent them with findings to the GP.
My GP initially just called and said the report says xyz (1 or 2 lines). I requested the image and specialist report. GP said I needed to contact hospital to request it from them.  So I do this all the time now at my appointment.
The letter I get from the hospital (which is copied to GP) is always brief too, but I just like the full detail - whether I understand it or not. Especially like the image too. 

T.T.D

PoGee said:

74jax said:

I ask for my reports together with the findings and analysis from the specialist reading the image. 

I did this after getting what yours was like.  I was then told to ask for the image and specialist report.

I now get the image, about an a5 page of findings, what it isn't, what it could be, what can be seen from the specialist reading the image to my doctor. And then 2 lines from the doctor summariseing it to me. 

I got my x-ray done via my GP 74jax - do you know if I should get the images from my GP or hospital? Did you contact the hospital legal department to get your reports or the specialist himself?
My one lined report was from the radiologist who read the report. I'm thinking of getting anotther one privately just so that I can get an in depth report.

Your GP asked a specific question and it was absent in the x-ray so radiologist reported that no it wast there. 

Radiologist consultant  will not seek out alternative diagnostics.

Going private is not what you may think.

Iv’e had 2 private MRI’s thoracic and lumbar, both radiologists reports were extremely brief it stated what wasn’t there that was asked by my referee, and the report I got today from my T spine mri states I have unremarkable alignment and height and discs but yet I have already had my physio read my images and had pointed out the curvature and noted several thinning discs and bulging and bone Spurs and scoliosis. Figure that out? 

You can ask under a subject access request to your GP surgery for the x-ray images you need to DPA GDPR data release form. Should cost nothing to you. My advice private orthopaedic consultant consultation and show them the images and ask them what they see wrong what can done what you should and what you shouldn’t be doing.