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A radiographer who made the career change from technical manager at a road building and construction materials business to radiology, has become radiology manager at Practice Plus Group Hospital Shepton Mallet (formerly Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre). James Mico joined the hospital from Taunton Nuffield Hospital where he was interim imaging manager. While working at […]

Independent hospital and charity The London Clinic says it is the first independent hospital in the UK to employ OncoSil, said to be a breakthrough new treatment for pancreatic cancer. OncoSil is a single use brachytherapy device that delivers a pre-determined dose of beta radiation directly into cancerous tissue. It is used in combination with […]

Royal Philips’ vendor-neutral image viewer Vue Motion has won KLAS Research’s 2021 Best in KLAS Universal Viewer (Imaging) award. This marks the fourth year in a row that Philips’ zero footprint, enterprise wide viewer has received recognition in KLAS Research’s customer review-driven awards programme. Philips says this latest accolade demonstrates its commitment to optimising workflows […]

Question: If user ultrasound QA activities only take five minutes to do per month, what is stopping some ultrasound departments from doing QA checks? This was the question that was posed to various ultrasound departments around the country last year. The answer came back:  knowledge, time and resources. As a result of these responses, Multi-Medix […]

ProbeHunter, a company that specialises in the dynamic testing and performance validation of ultrasound probes, has released an adapter to the Mindray DC-8 series. ProbeHunter and BBS Medical ceo Björn Segall explained: “This means that we now can test all leading OEM’s ultrasound probes such as GE Healthcare, Philips, Siemens Healthineers, Samsung, Mindray and more, […]

East Surrey Hospital is a regional trauma unit and provides nearly 700 beds for its local catchment areas. Until recently Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust had no digital radiography facilities, but the project team had a clear idea of what it needed. “We entered the DR transition project with less knowledge and experience than […]

The redeveloped imaging department at Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, was officially opened on March 17. Chief medical officer and deputy chief executive for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Dr George Findlay was there to cut the ribbon and celebrate the achievement with colleagues from the imaging department and capital development. Representatives of […]

Envirotect says that there has been continued demand for its radiation and RF shielding products throughout the pandemic. Managing director Niven Smith said: “With Brexit and the pandemic we have seen a renewed focus on British manufacturing, with an increase in people wanting to buy products made in Britain. “Supporting British manufacturers means supporting the […]