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In front are divisional clinical director Dr Michele Marshall, Carol Jollie (formerly of  Health Education North West London), clinical lead radiology Tanuja Khiroya, trust ceo Dame Jacqueline Doherty and chairman Peter Worthington.  Behind are consultant radiologist Dr Dhiren Shah, clinical director Dr Maureen Quigley and Steve Henman, Lee Boon, Nick Sykes and Patrick Sykes from […]

Representatives from the radiology team in one of three Agfa DR 600 x-ray rooms. West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has implemented three DR 600 x-ray rooms and one DR Retrofit from Agfa HealthCare, following a competitive procurement process through NHS Supply Chain.  One of the DR 600 solutions has been implemented in the emergency department, […]

Devon Medical staff in the festive spirit. Staff at medical equipment company Devon Medical put on their Christmas woollies to help raise funds for a local charity.  They wore Christmas jumpers and hats in aid of Children’s Hospice South West, which provides hospice care for children with life-limiting conditions and their families. Marketing manager Kerry […]

Professor Penelope Engel-Hills with successful bursary applicant Elizabeth Olanloye from Nigeria. The World Radiography Educational Trust Foundation (WRETF) has supported a second educational visit to the state-of-the-art radiation oncology department of Professor Penelope Engel-Hills at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.  Part-funded by a WRETF travel bursary, Elizabeth Olanloye from Oyo State, Nigeria, […]

Pictured at a follow-up visit to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital are Vertec Scientific product specialist Bill Reid, superintendent radiographer Catherine Phillips, DXA lead Liz Clifford and bone densitometrist Julie Poulsom.  They met to check the improvement in performance of the department’s Hologic Discovery DXA scanner following a recent upgrade. Phillips commented: “We are happy with the upgrade […]

Seated are Cobalt mobile operations manager Amanda Cox, MRI superintendent radiographer Jenny Voyce, senior radiographer Esther Cowan and MRI manager Karen Hackling-Searle.  Behind them are senior radiographers Aine McGovern, Kathy Slack and Liz Ioele with Philips district general manager, south-west and Wales Lee Moger.  In the back row are Philips UKI sales director Ian Graves […]

Superintendent CT radiographer Poonam Choychoo, cross sectional superintendent radiographer Kate Billington and senior radiographers Jadwiga Repec and Dorota Haftarczyk. St Helier Hospital, part of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, has selected an ulrich CT Motion contrast injector from Synapse Medical for its second CT room.  The department already uses the CT Motion […]

Philip Nimo from Leicester Radiation Safety Service, radiology site manager Colin Ross and head of radiotherapy Lorraine Williams. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has received a Kyoto Kagaku PBU-60 CT whole body phantom from MediScientific.  In order to overcome current financial pressures, different departments in the trust grouped together to produce a joint bid […]