Countess of Chester Hospital

Countess of Chester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has enhanced cardiac rhythm management and bradycardia pacemaker implantation services, following the installation of an Alphenix Sky ceiling-mounted C-arm. As a turnkey project with Canon Medical Systems UK, the bespoke pacing theatre included the replacement of a 15-year-old system with the latest interventional imaging technology. The remodelling of […]

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has added a further Canon Medical Systems CT system to its diagnostic imaging department with the installation of an Aquilion Prime SP CT scanner. It will sit alongside an existing Aquilion One Genesis Edition and was selected due to the hospital’s familiarity with Canon Medical and its positive […]

Two radiographers are asking for donations of unwanted equipment in time for their next visit to a Ugandan hospital. Jane Cheveau from the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Teresa Dawkes from Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust have visited several hospitals in Uganda over the last 10 years as part of the […]

The Innovation Agency chief operating officer Lorna Green, RMS commercial director Michael Lancaster, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust director of commercial procurement services Andrew O’Connor, Adrian Bentley of Brandforth and RMS clinical director William Bailey. Radiology management business RMS has won the Best Small Business Award at the North West Excellence in Supply […]

Dr Mayooran Thevendra with an X-Porte point-of-care ultrasound system. The emergency department at Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was one of the first sites in the UK to benefit from the advanced point-of-care ultrasound capabilities of Fujifilm SonoSite’s X-Porte system.  Consultant in emergency medicine Dr Mayooran Thevendra explained: “We use ultrasound extensively in […]

CT superintendent radiographer Emma Fondacaro, divisional medical director Dr Amer Rehman, Toshiba Medical Systems CT applications specialist Lee Martin, account executive CT/MR/XR Graham King, CT applications specialist Heather Dring, radiography support worker Mike Roberts, consultant radiologist Dr Javier De-Pablos and senior radiographer Chris McManus. Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust in Cheshire has installed a […]

At Countess of Chester Hospital are senior interventional radiographer Naomi Leadbetter, interventional nurse specialist Wendy McMahon, senior staff nurse Gaynor Smart, superintendent interventional radiographer Jenny Alger, radiology services manager Linda Williams and Toshiba Medical Systems commercial projects manager Jody Williams. The Countess of Chester Hospital, Cheshire, has acquired a Toshiba Infinix VC-i vascular ceiling suspended […]

Presenting Katy Mullock with her prize is Medica’s Kevin Terrins.   Along with more than 350 radiology professionals, Katie Mullock, a PACS/RIS system administrator at the Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust, took part in Medica’s survey of delegates at UKRC to identify what people think about the latest hot topics.   The survey was […]