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Fylde coast radiology team maintains ISAS accreditation

Radiology manager Vera Mountain and radiology office manager Mark Selby with the ISAS Accreditation certificate and department staff. Staff at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s radiology department are celebrating having maintained accreditation with the Imaging Services Accreditation Scheme (ISAS) for the seventh year running. Radiology manager Vera Mountain said: “ISAS accreditation provides evidence for […]

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Dorset County looks forward to extra functionality

Pictured at Dorset County Hospital following the installation of a Hologic Horizon A DXA system supplied by Vertec Scientific are Vertec DXA product specialist Bill Reid, clinical specialist in rheumatology Jane Raleigh, DXA reporting radiographer Ailsa McKinlay, chief clinical technologist, medical physics, Kate Rowe and capital and maintenance senior buyer Joanne Maskell. Raleigh commented: “We […]

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Delegates learn about time-saving QA software

Non-ionising radiation specialist at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Michael Lynn presents to delegates. Organised by IEL, an ultrasound workshop held in Brighton in May brought together ultrasound professionals to allow them to share practices and formulate new ideas for streamlining ultrasound quality assurance.  Speakers presented on all areas of ultrasound, from the use of […]

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Guy’s Hospital reduces mammogram anxiety

GE account manager Max Haunstetter, consultant radiologist Dr Sarah Williams, GE product specialist Sally-Ann Mercer, assistant practitioner Emma Gregory, advanced practitioner Julie Scudder, mammographers Emily Rees and Anna-Claire Vidal, senior nursing assistant Jill Cain-Austin and consultant radiologist Dr Ali Sever. Guy’s Hospital, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, has acquired a Senographe […]

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Adaptable x-ray rooms help challenging A&E examinations

    Jane Robinson of Philips UKI, senior radiographer Clare Spinney, trainee reporting radiographer Tracey Tuskin, radiographer Marco Armbruster, advanced practice reporting radiographer and lead paediatric radiographer Lindsey Goswell, x-ray superintendent radiographer Michael Cox and ED lead/reporting radiographer Cheryl Patrick. Poole Hospital has invested in two new digital x-ray systems for use in its A&E department, selecting Philips […]

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Trial of breast scanning system begins at The Royal Marsden

Micrima marketing manager Elizabeth Blake, superintendent radiographer Louise d’Costa, consultant radiographer Briony Bishop and consultant radiologist Dr Steve Allen. Bristol-based diagnostic imaging company Micrima Limited has announced the start of a trial at The Royal Marsden, London, to assess the accuracy of its Maria technology in cancer detection. Consultant radiologist and chief investigator Dr Steve […]

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Donations to The Christie increase DXA availability

Pictured during a visit following the installation of a Hologic Horizon A DXA scanner supplied by Vertec Scientific to the endocrinology department at The Christie in Manchester are consultant endocrinologist Dr Claire Higham, operations and improvement manager Rachel Mitchell, ward manager Alexis Waterworth, assistant practitioner Sharon Stansfield, The Christie charity legacy officer Laura Hulme and […]

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Portable DR copes with tricky site and reduces dose

Radiographer Isabel Brice, lead forensic radiographer Elzene Kruger, Fujifilm applications specialist Jake Morgan, senior account manager John Casson and business development associate Jordan Pollard with radiographer Ameer Nadeem. Sheffield Children’s Hospital operates across a site that combines a Victorian main building with more modern structures that have been incorporated over the years and so the […]

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