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Theatre sister Megan Macartney, deputy sister Rachel Rogers, radiographer Alanna Dickson, Philips UKI interventional product specialist Simon Bunce, deputy charge nurse Jade Dano and Philips UKI applications specialist Joe Glennon. Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast has received two new C-arm systems, a Veradius Unity and a BV Pulsera from Philips UKI.  Both machines are replacements […]

Davies Veterinary Specialists clinical director Nat Whitley. Davies Veterinary Specialists has appointed existing member of staff Nat Whitley as clinical director.  The new role has been introduced to support the private small animal veterinary referral centre’s continued development. Whitley is a specialist in small animal internal medicine and has been employed by Davies for the […]

Delegates came from neuroscience centres across the country. The first national senior thrombectomy nurse meeting was held in Birmingham in March, supported by Medtronic. Invites were sent to all neuroscience centres in England, to encourage senior nurses from both interventional neuroradiology and stroke teams that deliver this treatment to attend. The first meeting was heralded […]

Radiographer Suzanne Bain, superintendent radiographer Lisa Marley, radiographers Sara Learmonth and Heather Mair with head of medical physics Mani Manivannan. When University Hospital Crosshouse in Kilmarnock was investigating options for its new x-ray room one manufacturer impressed from the outset.  ““Our first site visit was with Fujifilm and we were really impressed with the equipment,” explained superintendent […]

Superintendent radiographer Catherine Monaghan, account manager south-west and south Wales Claire Whetton and interventional product specialist mobile surgery Simon Bunce, senior radiographer Rosie James and Althea technologist Kate Elsby. Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, has replaced a Philips BV Endura image intensifier with a Pulsera C-arm system.  Procured for the hospital via its Althea managed service […]

Professor Perry Pickhardt. Professor Perry Pickhardt will be delivering the BIR/Canon Memorial Lecture at UKRCO on Monday, July 2.  His lecture will be titled ‘The natural history of colorectal neoplasia’. Professor Pickhardt has a worldwide reputation as a clinician, academic and educator in GI imaging.  He is currently chief of gastrointestinal imaging at the University […]

Pictured during a follow-up visit after the installation and training for a Hologic Horizon A in the metabolic bone unit of Llandudno General Hospital are osteoporosis specialist nurse sister Amanda Durber, senior radiographers Chris Hughes and Louise McBride, consultant in metabolic bone disease Dr Kirsty Maclean with Vertec product specialist Bill Reid and applications specialist […]

Fujifilm account manager Richard Evans. Fujifilm Medical UK has appointed Richard Evans as account manager to service the company’s increasing customer base in the north-west and West Midlands region.  Evans started his career as a diagnostic radiographer and worked at superintendent level within the NHS.  After various sales roles with Carestream focusing on CR and DR products […]