Fairfield General Hospital

CT teams across all three Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust hospital sites have now made the switch from a syringe-based injector system to a Bracco CT Exprès multi-dosing injector system, which will optimise how the CT departments can use contrast. Working in a busy inpatient and outpatient service that covers a wide catchment area, […]

Eight diagnostic ultrasound systems have been installed across The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust to update obstetrics and gynaecology imaging services for patients in the north-east of Greater Manchester. The level of imaging detail delivered by the Aplio i600s from Canon Medical Systems UK will help with diagnosing conditions or concerns in women or their […]

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, part of Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, has bolstered a 20-year imaging equipment relationship with Canon Medical Systems UK with the introduction of three CT systems. The Royal Oldham Hospital has taken delivery of an Aquilion One Genesis Edition CT to future-proof demand on its 24/7 trauma imaging service, […]

Radiography assistant practitioner Linda Coulson, radiographer Helen Mitchell, radiology department manager Michele Mayes, radiology project manager Joanne Stephenson, radiographer Marcus Buckley, advanced practitioner radiographer Sandra Monks and Fujifilm senior account manager John Casson. Fairfield General Hospital, part of Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, is the latest hospital to install a Fujifilm Visionary Suite x-ray room […]

At Fairfield General Hospital are Fujifilm senior account manager John Casson, senior radiographers Charlotte Byrne and Louise Heap, radiology manager Michele Mayes and Fujifilm applications specialist Alex Worsely. Fairfield General Hospital in Bury and The Royal Oldham Hospital, Greater Manchester, are the latest to take delivery of Fujifilm FDR Go mobile x-ray units.  The hospitals, […]

MR service manager Andrew Green, lead radiographer Liz Ashburner and senior directorate manager Paul Barker. Fairfield General Hospital in Bury has installed a Siemens Magnetom Aera 1.5T MRI scanner, which will provide images for around 6,000 patients a year.  Housed in a brand new unit, the equipment scanned its first patient in mid-December. “This is […]

Standing are Toshiba Medical Systems applications specialist Paula Connor, clinical lead general ultrasound Angela Booth, Leeds Teaching Hospitals consultant sonographer Sara Riley and ultrasonographers Fiona Challinor, Joanne Caballero and Safiyyah Sabat.  Seated are ultrasonographer Esther Philips, ultrasound service manager Marcia Wild and ultrasonographer Angela Hargreaves. Toshiba Medical Systems held a hands-on practical training session on […]

Seated are Fairfield General Hospital radiology department manager Michele Mayes, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust clinical radiology manager Paul Barker and Med Imaging senior account manager Brian Stallard.  Behind them are Med Imaging applications specialist Dawn Stewart, project manager Peter Kent Baldwin and DMS/Apelem export manager Georges Igor Chagvardieff. Med Imaging Limited has completed the […]