Royal Blackburn Hospital

Radiologists at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust are now well placed to cope with rising demand and better connected with colleagues across the region, since the trust implemented its new PACS. Installed by imaging technology provider Sectra, the system offers instant access to images from several hospitals in the region and has already started to […]

Agfa HealthCare key account manager David Wright with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust radiology clinical service manager Carol Wood, radiology directorate manager David O’Brien, radiology operations manager Moira Rawcliffe, department manager Rebecca Barnes, department manager Lyndsay Couch and senior radiographer Katrina Wakes. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has chosen two Agfa HealthCare DX-D 100+ mobile […]

Seated in front are nurse practitioner Sarah Fitch and staff nurse Lisa Richardson. Standing are ENT consultant Mr Paddy Morar, sister Angela De Vito, specialist nurse Vanessa Donnelly, ENT consultant Mr Antonio Belloso and Toshiba Medical Systems ultrasound applications specialists Paula Connor and Lynn Parkington. Rosemere Cancer Foundation has funded a Toshiba Xario 200 ultrasound […]

Seated are sonographer Abbie Salkeld and radiology assistant Sharon Livesey. Behind them are Toshiba Medical Systems ultrasound applications specialist Paula Connor, clinical lead ultrasound Julie White, sonographer Leigh Greenwood, radiology assistants Linda McDonough and Sobia Ishtiaq, sonographer Christine Spencer, Toshiba Medical Systems ultrasound sales specialist Lynn Parkington and student sonographer Louise Cowburn. A replacement programme […]

Delegates at the East Lancashire Breast Screening Service course with organisers Miss Jane McNicholas, Rita Borgen and Dr David Enion, seated in the front row, second, third and fourth from left. East Lancashire Breast Screening Service (ELBSS) held its fourth Clinical Breast Examination course at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. The course, designed by consultant […]

Pictured at Royal Blackburn Hospital’s vascular department are senior sonographers Christine Spencer and Gillian Knowles and student sonographers Abigail Salkeld and Emma Purtill. Royal Blackburn Hospital’s vascular department has acquired a Philips iU22 xMatrix ultrasound system, chosen for its ease of use and Doppler sensitivity. The xMatrix probe can be used for assessing aortic aneurysms.  […]

At Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre at Burnley General Hospital are ultrasound clinical lead Julie White, radiographer assistant Linda McDonough, sonographer Lesley Hallam, Toshiba general imaging applications specialist Paula Connor, clerical officer Janet Postlethwaite and Toshiba ultrasound sales specialist Bernard Vincent. The Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre at Burnley General Hospital has installed three Toshiba […]

Pictured at Blackburn with an Acuson S2000 are, from left, deputy superintendent sonographer Philippa Staines, consultant radiologist Kumar Subramanion, Siemens clinical applications specialist Nicola Towers, sonographer Rachel Stephenson, Siemens regional sales manager Bernadette Leonard, consultant radiologists Robert Barker and John Taylor, clinical operation director and consultant radiologist Yacoob Nakhuda, consultant radiologist Stuart Mellor and superintendent […]