Medical Photography

Introduction

Medical photography provides NHS Grampian with specialist photographic services to help clinicians diagnose and document stages of patient illnesses and clinical conditions. Clinical images can be used as part of a patient’s assessment and care to aid treatment planning, monitor progress, and triage.

With appropriate consent, recordings may also be used to support teaching, medical publications, patient information, and research. Our services are available to external clients across the UK to aid medico-legal cases of Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence, providing accurate and lawful photographic evidence.

Our medical photographers are professionally qualified and accredited, registered with the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS) for appropriate regulation, and operate under the Code of Professional Conduct, as professional members, of the Institute of Medical Illustrators. Patients are treated with the utmost respect, dignity, and care at all times.

We are trained to operate in a photographic studio, hospital wards/clinics and surgical theatres, using specialist equipment for high-quality photography of the body, extra/intra oral, and dermoscopic imaging. 

Services include

• NHSG patient clinical photography:
  - Studio appointments – medphoto.uk
  - Studio drop-in – Contact 01224 437029
  - Clinic/ward visits for patients too unwell or bedbound – Contact 01224 437029
  - Theatre – Contact 01224 437029
• All surface anatomy
• Intra orals
• Specimens
• Dermatoscopy
• Medico-Legal – Contact gram.medill@nhs.scot / 01224 437029
• Private patient referrals – Contact gram.medill@nhs.scot / 01224 437029
• Processing of NHS generated clinical images for secure storage and retrieval via EPR
• Image retrieval for Subject Access and teaching/publication
• Secure patient photography/video consent storage and retrieval
• High quality clinical photographic prints for referral/patient copy
• GP referrals
• Digital imaging - slide and print scanning, and archiving to CD
• Cadaveric specimen photography
• Agar/culture plate photography
• Advice on Consent and Copyright

Contact (Medical Photography)

gram.medill@nhs.scot
01224 437029

To make an appointment for medical photography, please visit medphoto.uk

If you are a clinician with a patient requiring same-day photography, please call us on 01224 437029 to arrange either a drop-in to our studio or request a clinic/ward visit for patients too unwell to attend our studio.

• Medical photography - information for patients pdf
• Medical photography - terms and conditions pdf

Information for NHSG healthcare staff - Medical photography bookings guide

Non-Clinical / PR Photography

General photography for a wide variety of uses is also available to support core University and NHS Grampian business. Our staff are professionally trained and skilled in using an extensive range of technical and creative techniques to suit client needs.

Services Include

• Medical and scientific equipment
• Staff portraits
• Studio and location portraiture
• PR and promotional photography
• Events
• Press
• Flat copy – charts, diagrams, and illustrations
• Digital retouching
• High quality photographic printing
• 360° spherical photography
• Bespoke requests

Contact (PR Photography)

photography@abdn.ac.uk
01224 437029