Opening October 2026 · Swansea
A new chapter for the Clinical Imaging Facility
For years the Clinical Imaging Facility at Swansea University has been a research centre first: trials, teaching and the patient pathways that come out of them. In October 2026 it joins Medical Imaging Partnership, and we will run it alongside Swansea University and Swansea Bay University Health Board, so that work carries on with investment behind it.
The story so far
A facility built around research and education
The Clinical Imaging Facility on the Singleton Park campus is a joint venture between Swansea University and Swansea Bay University Health Board, set up around medical research and education with improved health gain for the population.
Research that shapes practice
Its programme runs along three strands: pharmaceutical trials in oncology, the clinical application of MRI, and the development of imaging-based clinical pathways. Work that starts as a research question ends up changing how patients are diagnosed.
Teaching, not just scanning
The facility closes on Tuesdays for teaching. Training the next generation of radiographers and researchers has been part of the timetable rather than an afterthought.
Clinical imaging alongside it
MRI and CT covering neuro, MSK, vascular, body, cardiac and gynaecological imaging for adult patients, scanned by radiographers registered with the HCPC.
The next chapter
The research continues, with investment behind it
We are not arriving to turn a research facility into a scanning shop. The reason a unit like this matters is that the research and the clinical service feed each other: trials need reliable imaging, and patients benefit from pathways that have been tested rather than assumed.
Our commitment is to support the next chapter of high-quality research at Swansea, to upgrade the equipment, and to build towards a full diagnostic and treatment set-up on the site, so more of a patient's journey can happen in one place.
Alongside that, the things we bring to every centre: subspecialist radiologists reporting in their own field, a referral centre open seven days a week, a clinician portal for images and reports, and translation and interpretation for Welsh speakers.
What we are committing to
- Continuing and growing the research programme
- Investment in upgraded imaging equipment
- Building towards a full diagnostic and treatment service
- Subspecialist reporting, typically within one to five working days
- Translation and interpretation for Welsh speakers
What changes, and what does not
An established service, continuing
A service that already exists
Imaging is not new to South Wales, and neither is this unit. It joins our network in October 2026, so patients and referrers keep the service they already know.
Our locations →What we add
Subspecialist radiologists reporting in their own field, our referral centre seven days a week, and the systems behind our other centres: cloud PACS, a clinician portal and digital referral pathways.
Our services →Welsh speakers
Our staff at the unit do not speak Welsh, so we use professional translation and interpretation. Write to us in Welsh and we reply in Welsh, and ask for an interpreter when you book. Fair access to diagnostics includes language, not just distance.
Darllen yn Gymraeg →Who we work with
The University and the health board stay in it
This is not a handover that ends a relationship. The facility remains part of the Institute of Life Science, and we run it alongside the two organisations that built it.
Swansea University
The facility sits within the University's Institute of Life Science, and the research and teaching programme continues there: pharmaceutical trials, the clinical application of MRI, and the imaging-based pathways that come out of both. Tuesdays stay set aside for teaching.
Swansea Bay University Health Board
The facility was set up as a joint venture with the health board, and NHS patients scanned there stay NHS patients: same pathway, same clinical governance, reported by subspecialist radiologists.
Medical Imaging Partnership
We take on running the imaging service from October 2026, bringing our reporting network, equipment investment and the ambition of a full diagnostic and treatment service on the site.
Four strands, one service
How we work across NHS, private, research and sport
A single unit, staffed and governed once, serving four kinds of demand. That is what makes a community service sustainable: the scanner does not sit idle between NHS lists.
Capacity the health service can call on
Over 80% of our activity is delivered in partnership with the NHS. In Swansea that means continuing NHS work with the local health board and adding capacity where pathways need it.
For the NHS →Private and self-pay patients
Private and self-paying patients are scanned at our centres in the same way as NHS patients. Where someone wants more than a scan, Prime Health, our private healthcare brand, adds private GP appointments, physiotherapy and full health pathways.
Visit Prime Health →Evidence, teaching and academic partnership
The unit is already a research centre: pharmaceutical trials in oncology, the clinical application of MRI, and imaging-based clinical pathways. Diagnostic centres on university campuses serve students, staff and the surrounding population, with protected academic time and evaluation that proves community pathways work.
Universities and research →Imaging at the performance edge
Rapid-access MSK imaging for sport, reported by MSK subspecialists, with scheduling that works around training and fixtures. Our flagship community diagnostic centre already sits inside a stadium.
For health professionals →Why this matters
Diagnostics belong where people live
A patient who can have a scan locally does not need a hospital outpatient appointment, and a clinician who receives a specialist report within days does not need to refer into secondary care. That is the model we have built across the South East and Greater Manchester, and it is what we bring to an established unit in Swansea.
Joining an established service puts continuity first: the people who already rely on it should notice the improvements, not the handover.
Referring clinicians
GPs, consultants, physiotherapists and sports medicine professionals can refer by phone, email or through our e-referral portal. Most patients are offered an appointment within seven days, and reports carry a clear recommendation and onward route.
Where to find it
On the Singleton Park campus
The facility sits in ILS 2 on Swansea University's Singleton Park campus, in the Institute of Life Science. The service opens to our patients in October 2026, and opening hours and services are confirmed as the handover progresses. Until then, our centres are listed on the locations page.
Clinical Imaging Facility
ILS 2, Ground FloorSwansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea SA2 8PP
Current opening hours
Monday8.30am to 4pmTuesdayClosed for teachingWednesday to Friday8.30am to 4pmSaturday and SundayClosedThe facility's current hours. These will be confirmed after the handover.
Cymraeg
Abertawe: Hydref 2026: pennod newydd i'r Cyfleuster Delweddu Clinigol
Bydd yr uned ddelweddu bresennol yn Abertawe yn ymuno â'n rhwydwaith ym mis Hydref 2026. Nid yw delweddu yn newydd i dde Cymru: bydd y gwasanaeth yn parhau i'r cleifion a'r clinigwyr sy'n ei ddefnyddio heddiw.
Rydym wedi ymrwymo i wasanaeth dwyieithog yng Nghymru: bydd cleifion yn gallu defnyddio'r Gymraeg wrth gysylltu â ni, yn y uned ac yn ein gohebiaeth.
Keep in touch
Would you like to hear more about the Swansea unit as the handover progresses? Email us and we will keep you posted.
contactus@medicalimaging.org.ukThe imaging facility01792 606 420
Before your scan
Patient guides for the unit
The facility's own patient information: what each scan involves, the safety questions we have to ask, how to prepare, and what happens on the day. Print any of them, or read the MRI and CT guides in Welsh.
MRI
What an MRI scan is, the safety questions we have to ask, how to prepare and what happens on the day.
Read the guide →Ar gael yn GymraegCT
CT
What a CT scan involves, the preparation some scans need, and what happens on the day.
Read the guide →Ar gael yn GymraegProstate MRI
Prostate MRI
The same MRI guide, with what is different about a prostate scan: no injection, and what to do before you arrive.
Read the guide →CT of the heartCT scanning of the heart
Preparing for a CT scan of the heart: medication, caffeine, and what happens on the day.
Read the guide →Contrast extravasationContrast extravasation
What to do at home if the contrast injection leaked into the tissue around the vein, and what to watch for.
Read the guide →Cymraeg
Our Welsh language service
You can deal with us in Welsh at Swansea. Our own staff there do not speak Welsh, so we use professional translation and interpretation to make that work. These are the commitments we hold ourselves to, under the Welsh Language Standards that apply through Swansea University and the health board.
Write to us in Welsh
Email or write to us in Welsh and we will reply in Welsh, using professional translators. Choosing Welsh will not slow your appointment down.
Bilingual letters and forms
Appointment letters, forms, information leaflets and any advertising for the Swansea centre will be bilingual, with the Welsh treated no less favourably than the English.
Bilingual signs and reception
Signage at the centre and information in the reception area will be bilingual, and we will show clearly where the Welsh language service is available.
Welsh on the telephone and in person
We should be straight with you: our staff at Swansea do not speak Welsh. We use professional translation and interpretation services instead, so you can still deal with us in Welsh, and we will tell you plainly when an interpreter is being arranged rather than leave you guessing.
Interpreters for your appointment
If you would rather have your appointment in Welsh, tell us when you book and we will arrange an interpreter. Asking for Welsh will not put your appointment back or put you at the end of a queue.
If anything in our Welsh could be better, please tell us and we will put it right. Darllenwch hyn yn Gymraeg →
Work with us
Talk to us about Swansea
For health boards and commissioners, private and insured pathways, universities and research teams, sports organisations, and clinicians who want to refer. Tell us which strand you are interested in and the right person will come back to you.
Prefer email? Write tocontactus@medicalimaging.org.uk, or call the facility on 01792 606 420, open Monday to Friday 8am to 6.30pm and Saturday and Sunday 8am to 4pm.
Talk to us about diagnostics in Wales.
For health boards, primary care, universities, sport and partners across South Wales.