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Future Medical Equipment has supported a national charity dedicated to raising awareness of epilepsy, by sponsoring a fund-raising event. The Purple Ball took place at The Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare to raise money for SUDEP Action. Epilepsy is responsible for 21 UK deaths a week, with 42 per cent of these deaths being identified as […]

Fujifilm is sponsoring World Radiography Day 2019 in association with the Society of Radiographers (SoR). The annual celebration marks the anniversary of the discovery of x-rays on November 8, 1895. Working in collaboration with SoR, Fujifilm will brand the packs that are sent out to radiology departments across the UK. SoR chief executive officer Richard […]

The Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland has awarded a two-year contract to HSL to supply and maintain MobileDaRt Evolution MX8 mobile x-ray systems. The contract was awarded just over a year ago and a significant number of mobile units have since been installed in HSE hospitals and in private hospitals across Ireland. All of […]

Patients from The Christie shared their experiences of having proton beam therapy (PBT) and radiotherapy with around 1,200 worldwide experts in particle therapy. Sophie Vohra, Georgia Wood-Wareing an Ashleigh O’Hara spoke to delegates in Manchester for the 58th Particle Therapy Cooperative Group (PTCOG) annual congress in June. Vohra and Wood-Wareing were both referred by The […]

Golfers and non-golfers from the medical imaging industry attended the eighth annual RAD Magazine Foundation Golf Day at the Manor of Groves Hotel, Golf and Country Club near Sawbridgeworth on July 18. The RAD Magazine Foundation is RAD Magazine’s charitable trust and each year staff choose a main charity to support. This year, the event […]

The MRI department at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital welcomed mayor of Luton councillor Naseem Ayub to cut the ribbon marking the arrival of a new scanner. After two years of working on this challenging project staff are pleased to arrive at the end and see the work that has been done. A Philips UKI […]

Radiology equipment company Future Medical Equipment wanted to help charity Mercy Ships and found the ideal solution upon learning that a GE LightSpeed VCT Pro32 CT scanner onboard the vessel Africa Mercy could not perform 3D volume rendering. Procurement director Leon Parsons explained: “Here at Future Medical we purchase used diagnostic imaging equipment so we […]

Fujifilm Medical Systems team members gathered at the company’s UK headquarters in Bedford to open a new medical showroom and mobile mammography trailer. Economic minister at the Embassy of Japan in London Shuichi Akamatsu cut the ribbons on the new facilities. Medical systems staff and senior leaders raised a glass to celebrate the launch. The […]