Radiology

Holder, Dr Paul D

Radiology Consultant

Dr Paul D Holder is a Consultant Clinical Radiologist at Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford & Gravesham Trust. Dr Holder has been interested in Radiology for more than 15 years. He qualified from Bristol University Medical School in 1980. After gaining some experience of surgery he obtained FRCS (Glasg.) in 1984.

Our services
The Radiology Directorate provides a diagnostic, interventional and therapeutic service for the local population seeing patients from GP surgeries, hospital clinics, inpatient wards and the accident and emergency department. A comprehensive range of radiology services are provided at Darent Valley Hospital with additional X-ray facility to support GPs and the Minor Injury Unit at Gravesham Community Hospital.

The radiology service at Darent Valley offers an extensive and full range of imaging examinations to our patients and their doctors.

Radiology department floor plan

The department has a large waiting room and friendly reception area, so the wait for X-rays and examinations are in comfortable surroundings. The radiology department is committed to the provision of state of the art imaging technologies and constantly evolving techniques. This enables us to offer a high quality level of patient service and care.

Our staff
The highly skilled radiology team comprises of:

Consultant radiologists
Radiographers
Ultrasonographers
Radiology nurses
Radiography department assistants
Medical secretaries
Receptionists
Clerical staff.
We also have student radiographers from Southbank and Canterbury universities.

Services offered at Darent Valley Hospital:
The vibrant Radiology department encompasses many different imaging specialities. These include:

Accident & emergency x-ray 24 hour service
Breast imaging / mammography
Cardiac angiography
CT scanning
DEXA scanning
Fluoroscopic imaging e.g. barium studies
General ultrasound
General X-ray
MRI scanning
Minor injury unit - 24 hour service
Nuclear medicine
Obstetric & gynaecological ultrasound
Vascular imaging & intervention e.g. biopsies and stent implantation
Vascular ultrasound

Services offered at Gravesham Community Hospital:

General x-ray

Examinations
Your doctor or nurse will be able to explain the examination to you and information will be included with your appointment letter where necessary. For more information regarding specific procedures see services offered at Darent Valley Hospital above.

Contact us:

	Radiology Department Darent Valley Hospital Darenth Wood Road Dartford Kent DA2 8DA
	01322 428568 or 01322 428569

	Gravesham Community Hospital Bath Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0DG
	01474 564333

Useful websites:
http://www.goingfora.com provided by the Royal College of Radiologists where different procedures and examinations are explained.

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