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An innovative scheme to train more doctors to become expert breast clinicians has been launched by a collaboration of professional bodies and healthcare educators. The Credential in Breast Disease Management is a three-year accreditation programme for post-foundation doctors. It has been created by The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and the Association of Breast Clinicians, […]

Sensyne Health has extended its collaboration with Bayer to work on novel projects at the LifeHub UK centre in Reading. Launched on October 10, LifeHub UK forms part of a global network of Bayer innovation hubs. It is designed to accelerate and optimise disease detection and data-driven drug discovery by enabling AI-enabled imaging solutions. The […]

Managed service and maintenance provider Althea has completed a £4 million refurbishment and replacement project at Whittington Health NHS Trust’s imaging department. New diagnostic imaging equipment, which was updated and installed over a two-year period, includes 14 ultrasound systems, a CT scanner, a fluoroscopy system, five digital x-ray rooms, two mobile x-ray machines, a digital […]

Eden Learning’s revamped course ‘MRI the inside story – from picture to proton and beyond’ had its first run in London in September. Previously a four-day course, the new compact format offered attendees a more complete educational experience over a shorter period. Morning sessions were delivered by Dr Donald McRobbie from the University of Adelaide, […]

Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, part of North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust, has purchased three Philips DigitalDiagnost 4.1 high performance wireless x-ray systems. Picture: Trust lead radiographer Gemma Richardson, radiographer Rose Martin, radiology assistant Julie Maxwell and radiographer Rachael Todhunter, with radiographer Melissa Redden on the couch. Published on page 16 of the November 2019 issue […]

The British Institute of Radiology has awarded its Distinguished Service Medal to former president Andy Rogers, lead interventional medical physics expert at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. He said: “I joined the BIR many years ago to enable me to be part of a multidisciplinary organisation. That evolved into wanting to actually participate and that […]

Around 200 radiologists, radiographers and medical physicists attended the first European MRI Safety Matters training seminar. The two-day event, held in London and sponsored by Canon Medical Systems UK, was a platform to call for greater collaboration between industry and healthcare, and for a standardised approach to MRI user and patient safety. It was delivered […]

The Rutherford Cancer Centre North East has been officially opened by HRH The Duke of Gloucester, heralding a milestone for advanced cancer care in the region. Built at a cost of £35 million, the centre was established near Bedlington, Northumberland, to meet patient demand in an area that has among the highest incidence of cancer […]