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A radiographer reviews CT colonography. Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance has commissioned training over the next six months that will result in a 65 per cent increase in the number of radiographers able to undertake a preliminary review of CT colonographies.  They will then have the expertise to alert radiologists to any suspicion of colorectal […]

InHealth PETCT business director Mark Gleeson with trust consultant in nuclear medicine Professor Wim Oyen.  Courtesy of James Leask Frazer, Area1Photography. The Royal Marsden in Chelsea has been using an interim mobile PETCT solution provided by InHealth, to ensure an uninterrupted service while its own scanner was upgraded. A longstanding partner to the NHS, InHealth […]

Consultant anaesthetist Dr Tim Pepall has used SonoSite ultrasound systems for the past decade. Frimley Park Hospital’s anaesthesia department is using point-of-care (POC) ultrasound to guide procedures such as vascular access and nerve blocks.  Consultant anaesthetist Dr Tim Pepall explained: “It’s essential to use ultrasound for central vascular access because of NICE guidelines, but we also […]

Theatres team leader Teresa Cao with team members Preethy Joseph, Binitha Mani, Rena Ramachandran, Kim Grundy, Gemma Armstrong, Nigel Garbutt, Steve Houghton, Mike Kenealy, Clare Nightingale, Ubah Sharif and Vertec applications specialist Joy Thorpe. Vertec applications specialist Joy Thorpe has visited the children’s theatre department of Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH) to deliver operator training […]

Newly appointed regional coordinators for the ISRRT professional practice team with president Donna Newman (third from left), Pam Black (UK) representing Europe, Chris Steelman (USA) representing the Americas, director of professional practice Stewart Whitley, Elizabeth Balogun (Nigeria) representing Africa and Naoki Kodama (Japan) representing Asia-Australasia. Former radiology directorate manager at Blackpool Victoria Hospital Stewart Whitley […]

BIR president Andy Rogers, Canon Medical managing director Mark Hitchman and Professor Perry Pickhardt. Professor Perry Pickhardt delivered the eponymous Mayneord Memorial Lecture titled ‘The natural history of colorectal neoplasia?’ to an audience of radiologists, radiographers, scientists and oncologists at UKRCO in Liverpool. In his talk, Professor Pickhardt said colorectal cancer is the second leading […]

Visiting students and their teachers, with radiology manager Lucy Willcox and radiographers Sue Roberts and Rebecca Kettleborough. To support the medical imaging section of their curriculum, a group of 11 A level physics students from The Royal School, Wolverhampton had an educational visit to Nuffield Health Wolverhampton Hospital’s imaging department.  This is one of the […]

Seated are Valerie Singleton (OBE) and hospital matron Anne Hiscock.  Behind them are locality manager Sara Froud, consultant radiologist Dr Nick Bathurst, radiographer Wendy Jackson, RSM Suzanne Holloway, Mark Stewart of Carestream, consultant radiologist Dr Jeremy Hacking, radiographer Sue Hughes and assistant Teresa Clark. As part of recent works to modernise its radiology department, Yeatman […]