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Public Health England (PHE) in partnership with the University of Oxford has conducted a head-to-head evaluation of four commercial immunoassay tests available in the UK, used for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Siemens Healthineers’ laboratory-based total antibody test was found to meet both the sensitivity and specificity requirements set out within the target product profile […]

Multi-Medix has been showing its support of sonographers worldwide with ‘ultrasound rainbow’ pin badges. Managing director Darren Woolley explained: “While we have regularly commended and clapped to show our gratitude for all staff and keyworkers, as a specialist ultrasound company we wanted to find a way to recognise the ultrasound community specifically. As a result […]

A student radiographer who returned to placement to support the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic has had her video diary account featured on national news. As reported previously in RAD Magazine, radiography student Ismat Khan from the University of Cumbria returned to placement at the Royal Preston Hospital in June to care for patients exhibiting […]

Envirotect operations manager Nigel Payne has been putting his time in furlough to good use by making essential PPE for the NHS, since his wife Amanda mentioned that local schools and companies had been using laser cutters or 3D printers to make face shields. With years of experience in the joinery industry Nigel’s technical mind […]

The NHS Parliamentary Awards 2020/21 were relaunched on July 5 as part of the NHS 72nd birthday celebrations. This year’s awards programme was postponed due to COVID-19 but will now go ahead to celebrate the hard work of NHS staff, carers and volunteers. Read RAD Magazine’s coverage of the initial launch here. The awards seek […]

East Cheshire NHS Trust has awarded Philips UKI a five-year contract to supply a package of healthcare informatics solutions that will support coordinated, collaborative care across hospital sites in Macclesfield, Knutsford and Congleton. The solution will provide workflow management, a clinical repository, diagnostic and image distribution, as well as analytics applications to simplify medical image […]

Esaote has appointed Sarah Shone as regional sales account manager, covering the Midlands. Shone’s previous experience has included working with many brands of ultrasound, MRI and CT in the veterinary market for the past 15 years. She qualified as a small animal nurse in 2000 and equine nurse in 2002 before moving into a commercial […]

Nuffield Health has invested in several Fujifilm Visionary Suites since the premium x-ray room solution was launched four years ago and the latest installation has recently been completed at Nuffield Health Tees Hospital. The hospital was already a Fujifilm customer, having been one of the first in the UK to purchase an FDR nano mobile […]