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A major NHS provider organisation have banked £0.4m of savings and are on track to save almost £1m over the next 5 years since changing the providers of their tier 2 diagnostic imaging maintenance contracts to Mi Healthcare, an established provider with 25 years NHS experience. Mi Healthcare, a framework provider, with offices based in […]

Date: Thursday, November 12, 2020 Time: 6.30pm Online registration Dr Sam Hare, consultant chest radiologist at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and NHS England national specialty adviser for imaging. The COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest global health emergency in a generation. The UK now faces a second surge that could overwhelm the NHS. Diagnosis […]

Improving the experience of patients should be at the heart of work to increase capacity in radiology services within the constraints of COVID-19, according to a new national report on the specialty from the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme. The GIRFT report – written by Dr Katharine Halliday, a leading radiologist from Nottingham […]

In September consultant radiologist Dr Sridhar Redla was inaugurated as the new president of The British Institute of Radiology. In an online ceremony attended by trustees and senior staff, BIR past president Dr Jane Phillips-Hughes welcomed Dr Redla, adding that she was delighted to hand over the presidency to Dr Redla, whose absolute commitment to […]

Victoria Community Hospital, part of Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, has changed ultrasound imaging partners, opting for an Aplio i600 diagnostic ultrasound system from Canon Medical for its general radiology needs. In addition to the functional and operational benefits of the new system, the agreement includes unlimited access to a dedicated applications specialist to […]

Deputy operations director at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Brigitte Kaviani has been working in collaboration with Zambian radiographers since 2017. There is limited healthcare provision in the country and a particular need for radiology equipment, accessories and services. Kaviani works closely with Livingstone Central Hospital head of radiology Sydney Mulamfu and together they […]

UK Government in Wales Minister and MP for Monmouth David T C Davies visited the Rutherford Cancer Centre South Wales in Newport to show support and highlight the contribution independent cancer centres can make in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rutherford Cancer Centre South Wales offers proton beam therapy to adult NHS Wales patients. It […]

Royal Philips has introduced OmniWire, said to be the world’s first solid core pressure wire for coronary artery interventional procedures. With its solid core construction, physicians can more easily manoeuvre the wire in the patient’s circulatory system to measure blood pressure along the vessel and guide the delivery of catheters and stents. Philips says the […]