Bradford

DXA scanner offers a new horizon in bone density assessment at St Luke’s Hospital

A £100,000 Hologic Horizon W system, which assesses the strength of patients’ bones and allows specialists to calculate their risk of fractures and osteoporosis, has been installed at St Luke’s Hospital, part of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. DXA section manager and clinical technologist Jane Threlkeld said: “The replacement of our previous DXA system […]

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Pennine Breast Service orders three mammography chairs from Rothband

Pictured following the delivery of a Mammography 2021 chair from Vela Medical to the Pennine Breast Service at St Luke’s Hospital, Bradford, are senior assistant practitioner Allison Helm, breast service manager Simon Peers and Rothband territory sales manager Tori Jones. The service has ordered three chairs with two going to the mobile units to assist […]

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Installation of three ultrasound platforms allows Bradford to develop services

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has acquired three Philips Epiq Elite ultrasound systems, two for use at Bradford Royal Infirmary and the third for St Luke’s Hospital. The machines at Bradford Royal Infirmary will be used for inpatients, including interventional procedures, whereas the machine at St Luke’s will be used mainly for OP MSK […]

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Staff are impressed with versatile x-ray room

Pictured in the new x-ray room are lecturers Steve Boynes, Gary Culpan, Ed Cadogan, CPD administrater Jyoti Maisuria and lecturers Terry Lodge and Andy Scally. Wolverson X-ray has replaced an older model of an x-ray room at Bradford School of Radiography that served the university for many years.  “All the staff are impressed with the […]

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Replacements at Eccleshill improve efficiency

From left are consultant radiologist Dr Ne-Siang Chew, Philips Healthcare ultrasound applications specialist Andrea Richardson, deputy unit manager and lead sonographer Jacquie Lee and advanced practitioner sonographer Fiona Smith.   Eccleshill NHS Treatment Centre, Bradford has acquired a Philips iU22 ultrasound system equipped with pure wave technology and an HD15 ultrasound scanner.  The centre opened […]

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Four ultrasound sytems are start of planned expansion

At Bradford Royal Infirmary are (standing, from left) senior sonographers Karen Lomas, Heidi Thomson and Susanne Jaworskyj, midwife sonographer Penny Fleming, senior sonographer Sue Rushworth, sonographers Nicola Hood and Noreen Mohammed.  Toshiba ultrasound specialist Karen Michaels, senior sonographer Naz Hussain, sonographer James Chan and student sonographer Sally-Anne Hutchinson.  Seated  are sonographers Wendy Hall and Saima […]

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Cardiac ultrasound system to tackle heart disease

With their new equipment at Bradford Royal Infirmary are consultant cardiologist for imaging and heart failure Dr Sudantha Bulugahapitiya, consultant cardiologist and clinical lead of the cardiology unit Dr Steven Lindsay, British Heart Foundation fundraiser Sue Green and cardiac physiologist and head of cardiac ultrasound Sam Bainbridge.   Staff, patients and fundraisers at Bradford Royal […]

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Three systems for Bradford Royal

Siemens Healthcare clinical applications specialist Nicola Towers and Siemens regional sales manager for ultrasound products Bernadette Leonard with senior sonographer Nazia Hussain and principal superintendent for ultrasound at Bradford Royal Infirmary Virginia Lodge with a newly-installed Acuson S2000 in the maternity unit.     The maternity and radiology departments of Bradford Royal Infirmary, part of […]

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