Fairford Medical

Fairford Medical has delivered one of the first Magnetom Viato.Mobile MRI systems from Siemens Healthineers in the UK to a large NHS Teaching Hospital. The system is set to cut appointment times in half, doubling the number of patients receiving MRI scans. The mobile setup provides greater flexibility in deploying MRI imaging and allows patients […]

Mobile MRI technology provides a number of benefits that make it a valuable tool for medical professionals and patients. Fairford Medical says there are several advantages to integrating mobile scanning into a healthcare service provision. One of the main benefits of mobile MRI technology is that it can be brought to a wider range of […]

The Lister Hospital in Chelsea, part of the HCA Healthcare UK group, is continuing to invest in the latest imaging equipment. With its existing MRI system due for refurbishment, the ideal opportunity arose to provide patients with a new experience. Following preparation over a number of months, the imaging team led by Theresa Doherty set […]

As well as the devastating effects of the virus itself, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption to NHS diagnostic care, and urgent services such as cancer and cardiac services. Pre-pandemic, the United Kingdom already faced a severe lack of provision of imaging equipment and had one of the lowest number of MRI units and CT scanners per capita among EU […]

In 2020 the South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust was awarded funding for a new CT scanner under the first round of Government funding for additional scanners and upgrades. The trust had ordered a CT scanner from Siemens Healthineers and was looking for a high-quality relocatable modular solution that would allow them the flexibility […]

In 2020 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was awarded funding for a new CT scanner under the first round of Government funding for additional scanners and upgrades. Although the trust had ordered a CT scanner from Siemens Healthineers, there was no designated site for the new CT. The trust decided that a relocatable modular […]

Fairford Medical has completed an upgrade to the scanner installed in its first CT ScanBox. Brought to market two years ago, the CT ScanBox was initially fitted with a Canon Medical Systems Aquilion 64. However, demand for higher quality, lower dose, reliable CT scanners was fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fairford Medical decided to replace […]

Fairford Medical has been supporting The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust with an unstaffed interim mobile MRI to provide scanning services while the trust undertakes a lengthy capital upgrade at its original west London site. Fairford Medical initially delivered one of its three-year-old mobile Siemens Avanto MRI systems, but offered to replace it as soon […]