Former health secretary opens PETCT centre

Siemens Healthcare molecular imaging manager, north west Euorpe, Lawrence Foulsham, Siemens md Peter Harrison, Alliance Medical business development director David Loasby, Baroness Virginia Bottomley, Daisy Appeal founder Professor Nick Stafford and Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust director of business development and strategy David Haire.

Former health secretary and sheriff of Hull, Baroness Virginia Bottomley has opened a £4.5m PETCT scanning centre at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham.  The Jack Brignall PETCT Centre delivers diagnostic services for cancer and heart disease, with plans to add services for dementia in future, to north Lincolnshire and east Yorkshire. It was made possible by local medical research charity the Daisy Appeal.

Baroness Bottomley, who is also chancellor of the University of Hull, unveiled a plaque commemorating the opening before charity trustees, donors and local dignitaries.  She addressed guests about the benefits of the PETCT scanner as well as giving guided tours of the centre.

The scanner is operated by Alliance Medical and replaces a mobile system that visited the region two days a week.

See the full story on page 12 of the October 2014 issue of RAD Magazine.