Ashford Hospital

Surrey and Sussex is sixth trust in region to share Sectra PACS

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is to deploy Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution in a bid to improve patient care. Following a contract signing in September, the trust will now share a common PACS with five other trusts in the region. This includes Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, East Sussex Healthcare NHS […]

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Philips and Alliance Medical pilot radiology command centre

Royal Philips and Alliance Medical have formed a strategic partnership that will see Alliance pilot Philips’ Radiology Operations Command Centre (ROCC). Accessible from Alliance’s Iceni Centre based at the Warwick Technology Park, the vendor-agnostic command centre will centralise, virtualise and standardise imaging operations across sites in the UK operated by Alliance. An initial four locations […]

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First patient benefits from improved MRI services

Patient Michael Walbach (centre) with Alliance Medical senior radiographers David Cattaneo and Ian Oponda. Ashford Hospital has imaged its first patient following a £1.4 million investment in diagnostic capabilities.  Local resident Michael Walbach was scanned for abnormalities in his knee using the hospital’s state-of-the-art MRI scanner. The GE Signa Explorer 1.5T MRI system, delivered through […]

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Olympic star sails in to unveil Ashford MRI scanner

Alliance Medical regional managing director Russell Trenter, former Olympic sailer Sarah Ayton and Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Suzanne Rankin. Former Olympic sailing athlete,Sarah Ayton OBE joined Alliance Medical and Ashford Hospital staff to launch a GE Healthcare Signa Explorer MRI scanner at a special launch event.  The scanner represents a […]

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Agreement sees Surrey site go fully digital

Celebrating the opening of the x-ray room are commercial development manager Alan Williams, MES project manager Tom Heneghan, PACS applications specialist Hugh Ndhlovu, md Neil Mesher and commercial development director Graham Tranter, all from Philips Healthcare, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust director of finance and information Simon Marshall and lead RDA Becky […]

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