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North Manchester General Hospital, part of the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, has replaced a 12-year-old Canon image intensifier-based system in its ERCP room with the latest version of Canon’s Ultimax-i.  The replacement is the second Ultimax-i unit to be installed at the hospital in the last two years and it is anticipated they will […]

The rollout of Fujifilm Visionary Suite room solutions to BMI Healthcare hospitals across the UK continues with BMI Blackheath Hospital in London.  As part of a three-year contract Fujifilm will be supplying all BMI Healthcare’s DR requirements for rooms, mobiles and retrofits. The radiology department has undergone a complete re-design and renovation including new MRI, […]

The Primrose Breast Care Centre at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, has replaced an old biopsy table with a Hologic Affirm prone breast biopsy system.  Having offered prone biopsy for more than 10 years, the Derriford team was keen to opt for prone again for its improved patient comfort and easy positioning. The centre sees assessment and […]

State-of-the-art MRI scanners have been installed at Darlington Memorial and Bishop Auckland hospitals, following almost two years of successful fund-raising. Charity manager at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Pat Chambers said: “We’re so grateful to local people, businesses and organisations for getting behind the appeal and recognising the difference modern MRI scanners can […]

Vertec Scientific has delivered a Hologic InSight FD Flex mini C-arm system to the Pulvertaft Hand Centre at Royal Derby Hospital.  Derby has had a long association with the use of intra-operative x-ray C-arms, being the first in the NHS to use the techno-logy in the mid 90s.  Since that time it has acquired ten […]

Earlier this year, I attended the Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (ASMIRT) 2019 conference in Adelaide, Australia, to give a presentation about my experience using the MR-linac at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in Surrey.  Elekta invited me to attend after seeing my NHS Twitter takeover last year, which coincided with […]

The InHealth cardiac cath lab at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, reached its 20th anniversary in April.  This first joint partnership was the vision of Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust cardiologists Dr Peter Wilkinson and Professor Michael Joy OBE to bring interventional cardiology to the community. InHealth interventional cardiology clinical lead Jackie Churchman […]

Castle Hill Hospital, part of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, has replaced a ten-year-old 40-slice CT system with a Canon Medical Systems Aquilion One Genesis Edition scanner. This is the second Canon CT scanner to be installed at the hospital. The first system, an Aquilion Prime installed in 2017, was delivered with cardiac software. […]