Althea

Medical technology services provider Althea UK and Ireland is now offering cost-effective SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests. Manufactured by Roche, the antibody test can help detect SARS-CoV-2 infection in those suspected of carrying the…
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Medical equipment service provider Althea and its majority shareholder have announced the commitment of over £100,000 in charitable donations to support the COVID-19 relief efforts of four NHS charities. The donations will provide aid to…
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Leicester General Hospital has received the UK’s first Alphenix Sky + system from Canon Medical Systems. The system was installed in the hospital’s new interventional suite by managed service provider Althea. The hospital’s clinical team…
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Althea’s specialist biomed engineers have been working at NHS Nightingale Hospital London to build, test and commission thousands of pieces of medical equipment ready for the first patients to be treated. All of the engineers volunteered…
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Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton has introduced a consumable management service by Althea as an integral part of its radiology managed service. Althea has  enabled the trust to track all radiology products from the moment they are…
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Managed service and maintenance provider Althea has completed a £4 million refurbishment and replacement project at Whittington Health NHS Trust’s imaging department. New diagnostic imaging equipment, which was updated and installed over…
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Two 3D mammography systems that offer women a more comfortable breast examination experience have been installed at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. The GE Senographe Pristina mammography systems were…
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Peterborough City Hospital has received new radiology equipment installed by Althea as part of the hospital’s ongoing managed equipment service (MES) contract. The first replacement was an interventional suite in December 2018, which…
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Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) has installed a ‘first of its kind’ head and neck cone beam CT scanner featuring patented metal artefact reduction, a 120kV generator and the latest advances in radiographer assistance. Installation of…
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The team from Leicester General Hospital pictured with Lloyd Stewart from Althea (ninth from left) and account manager for MIS Healthcare Tony Rogers (far left). Leicester General Hospital (LGH) has worked with Althea and Samsung,…
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