HRH The Princess Royal opens nuclear medicine facility at Hillingdon

Superintendent radiographer Lubna Hussain with Princess Anne.

Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust welcomed a royal visitor in March as HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal unveiled a plaque at a new nuclear medicine facility at Hillingdon Hospital.  Princess Anne was welcomed by trust chief executive Shane DeGaris along with members of the trust board.

She was given a tour of the centre by superintendent radiographer Lubna Hussain, where she met members of staff, before being given a demonstration of the Siemens Healthcare Symbia Intevo SPECTCT scanner.

The scanner comprises of a gamma camera with an integrated diagnostic CT scanner.  SPECTCT is said to provide a substantially improved service for patients as it can speed up diagnosis and they need to attend fewer appointments.

DeGaris said: “We were delighted to welcome The Princess Royal to open the nuclear facility.  It is a breakthrough in offering our team a tremendous opportunity to improve the experience of our patients as effectively and quickly as possible.  The journey to bring this facility to the trust has taken many years of hard work and it is thanks to the dedication of the radiology team that we can offer the service.”

See the full report on the front page of the April 2016 issue of RAD Magazine.