Belfast

The Prince’s Trust and Sectra help more young people into technology careers

A new initiative between The Prince’s Trust and medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra is helping to widen access to technology career opportunities for young people from different backgrounds. ‘Get into IT and administration’, a digital and technology-focused employability programme, was launched in Belfast during the summer. It has been actively supporting under-represented groups […]

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Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and Siemens Healthineers announce 20-year Value Partnership

20-year Value Partnership signed between Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast and Siemens Healthineers to ensure access to the latest technology and drive improvement in healthcare outcomes across Belfast and surrounding areas. Holistic management of latest imaging and medical electronic equipment to streamline clinical workflows and enable rapid diagnosis and treatment for patients at the hospital. In […]

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Musgrave Park installs long length detector for orthopaedics

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust’s orthopaedic service based at Musgrave Park Hospital provides a full range of elective orthopaedic procedures including joint replacement, spinal surgery and upper and lower limb surgery. The radiology department required a solution that would allow it to take single exposure long view images, improve efficiency and lower dose. “We […]

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Dental x-ray solutions make an impact in Belfast and Sussex

Mater Hospital, Belfast, has received a NewTom Go 2D panoramic OPG system supplied by HSL. The installation occupies a small footprint and clinical lead radiographer Brian Grant explained: “Space was at a premium but it was the outstanding quality of the images, the ergonomic design of the hardware, the great service and outstanding value for […]

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Ulster students to experience practical training on analogue x-ray system

Ulster University in Jordanstown has installed a Shimadzu Radspeed MC analogue x-ray room supplied by HSL, comprising a ceiling-suspended tube, heavy duty Bucky table and chest stand. The tube is said to feature movement flexibility and provide easy patient access. It offers a long vertical travel range from the Bucky table and four-way floating table […]

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Government consortium co-invests in digital pathology and AI to improve cancer care in the UK

Philips will be the principal partner on cross-sector collaboration project PathLAKE, which has received £10 million of government funding to develop innovative AI in pathology.  PathLAKE partners from University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and teaching hospitals and universities at Warwick, Belfast, Oxford and Nottingham will embed and demonstrate the diagnostic efficiency of digital […]

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Direct replacement for out-dated C-arm systems

Theatre sister Megan Macartney, deputy sister Rachel Rogers, radiographer Alanna Dickson, Philips UKI interventional product specialist Simon Bunce, deputy charge nurse Jade Dano and Philips UKI applications specialist Joe Glennon. Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast has received two new C-arm systems, a Veradius Unity and a BV Pulsera from Philips UKI.  Both machines are replacements […]

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