Salford Royal Hospital joins PACS-based reporting network

Salford Royal Hospital, as part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA), has become the latest site to roll out Sectra PACS-based reporting on diagnostic imaging.

Reporters and radiologists at the hospital are now able to use a single platform to both view and report on imaging studies, rather than having to navigate separate systems to provide reports.

Deployed as part of an enterprise imaging agreement signed with Sectra in 2020, the PACS is already used by clinicians at NHS hospitals that are part of the Greater Manchester Imaging Network to view, analyse and interrogate millions of patient scans, including x-ray, CT, ultrasound and MRI.

The NCA’s hospital sites in Salford, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham are now live with the new technology, which will facilitate faster results across the trust as well as seamless connectivity for radiological studies across the sites. The technology is set to be rolled out across Greater Manchester throughout 2025 and 2026.

Divisional managing director for imaging at the NCA Christian Kasmeridis said: “This is a great opportunity for teams to come together to improve the patient experience and journey, by bringing our radiological services together across the NCA footprint. The feedback from the reporting radiological workforce has been extremely encouraging and the solution has been implemented by the dedicated staff in the department because of their commitment to improving patient care. We look forward to the implementation of the solution across all the Greater Manchester trusts and the significant benefits of collaborative working to follow.”

Picture: Sectra PACS is expected to release a substantial amount of time.

Read this report on page 26 of the March 2025 issue of RAD Magazine.