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Brachytherapy nurse specialist Claire Deering, lead urology/brachytherapy nurse specialist Donna Higgins, professor of urology and clinical director Professor Stephen Langley, consultant clinical oncologist Carla Perna and Oncology Systems Limited clinical specialist Serafine O’Brien. St Luke’s Cancer Centre, part of the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has transformed the way it delivers prostate brachytherapy […]

HSL territory manager Michael Leonard, radiology services manager Evelyn Smyth, MRI clinical lead Marie McMullan and Bayer radiology sales and clinical support manager Europe Frederik Jakobsen. The Galway Clinic in Western Ireland has again chosen Hospital Services Limited to supply its MRI injector.  The clinic is a state-of-the-art hospital that provides 24-hour healthcare services. Radiology […]

CATS advanced nurse practitioner Cathy Roberts. The Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS), based in the north Thames area, depends on point-of-care ultrasound systems to get quick and accurate vascular access in critically ill children being transferred to specialist treatment centres. Advanced nurse practitioner Cathy Roberts explained: “In the UK, paediatric intensive care is provided at […]

IM Seyoung (centre) receives the fourth annual ISRRT DoseWise Radiographer of the Year contest for promising research in cardiac imaging radiation dose management at ECR. At the European Congress of Radiology’s annual meeting in Vienna Royal Philips honoured IM Seyoung as the fourth annual ISRRT DoseWise Radiographer of the Year for his promising research in […]

Lead mammographer Cindie Richards, Hologic breast health sales specialist John McMahon and mammographers Catherine Watkins and Tara Jones. The Lister Hospital, Chelsea, is now using Hologic Selenia Dimensions 3D Mammography technology with the installation of an AWS9000, offering enhanced ergonomic features to improve patient comfort and positioning, harmonised communications and advanced diagnostics. Imaging manager Theresa […]

Carestream senior account manager Wayne Sharpe and Industrial Diagnostics Company imaging services manager Nickie Percival with the DRX transportable system. Industrial Diagnostics Company (IDC), an occupational health firm based in Leicestershire, provides robust health surveillance programmes for clients throughout the UK including mobile screening services for employees exposed to respirable crystalline silica.  Its dust is […]

State Minister Garrelt Duin, second from right, with employees of Varian Particle Therapy. North-Rhine Westphalian minister for the economy Garrelt Duin has awarded Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy GmbH research funds amounting to €10 million.  The funding will be used for the further development of proton therapy and comes from the European Regional Development Fund.  […]

Vertec product specialist David White with mould room manager Matthew York. Northampton General Hospital’s radiotherapy department has joined with the centre at University Hospital Leicester and is part of one of the largest specialist radiotherapy treatment facilities in the UK. Vertec has supplied four standard Klarity Optek boards to Northampton General plus a special acrylic […]