MES helps equip Leeds SPECT/CT unit
Consultant radiologist and clinical lead for nuclear medicine Dr Fahmid Chowdhury, chief executive Julian Hartley, Medipass assistant manager Jasbir Rall, PFI/PPP equipment contract manager Robert Colbeck, PFI/PPP deputy head of estates Jo Dolby, radiology service manager Renee Holt, Medipass ceo David Rolfe, consultant radiologist Dr Chirag Patel, general manager radiology Catherine Bange, consultant radiologist Dr Michael Weston, GE Healthcare MI sales specialist Len Squance, Medipass associate director Stewart MacDuff.
A long-term partnership between Medipass Healthcare and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has brought Leeds Cancer Centre’s nuclear medicine department to the forefront of technology. Consultant radiologist and clinical lead for nuclear medicine Dr Fahmid Chowdhury said: “The flexibility of the MES provided by Medipass Healthcare has been instrumental in making world-leading technology available to our patients at a time of considerable financial restraints in the NHS.”
Dr Chowdhury toured the new SPECT/CT suite with trust chief executive Julian Hartley. Explaining the importance of the equipment he said: “The completion of the suite at Leeds Cancer Centre is a real milestone for our service. GE Healthcare’s Discovery 670 and 670 Pro will ensure that our patients now have access to the latest gamma camera and CT technology working in tandem, allowing us to improve both the patient experience and our diagnostic capabilities across a broad spectrum of nuclear medicine scans.”
See the full report on page 4 of the May 2015 issue of RAD Magazine.
