Gateshead

Carestream key account manager Jonathan Atkinson with senior radiographer Jill Robson, modality lead in plain imaging theatres and portables Laura Shaw, radiographers Katie Kiely and Nicola Oliver and assistant practitioner David Hall. Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, known as QE Gateshead, is in the final stages of installing three Carestream DRX-Evolution Plus digital x-ray rooms, […]

Advanced practitioner Janice Harris, breast screening unit programme manager Janet Cumiskey, advanced practitioner Jackie Westgarth, senior mammographer Alex Smith, GE Healthcare regional account manager Peter Hobson and deputy superintendent mammographer Jennifer Clarke. Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust is the first in the UK to install the Senographe Pristina mammography system from GE Healthcare.  The system was […]

Toshiba Medical Systems account manager Ruth Rowe, healthcare assistant Abbey Dryden, consultant radiologist Dr Philip Lord, specialist radiographer Deanne Nicholson, Toshiba Northern England and Scotland branch manager Linda Horsfall, assistant technical officer Margaret Henderson, lead CT radiographer Hayley Corkin and specialist radiographer Julie Colledge Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, has acquired a Toshiba Aquilion Prime CT […]

Lead consultant radiologist Dr Jane Potterton, radiographers Catherine Consterdine and Gillian Tulip, consultant radiologist Dr Sheetal Sharma, radiographer Jackie Westgarth, consultant radiologists Dr Alan Redman and Dr Simon Lowes, department deputy lead Barbara Welsh and Toshiba Medical Systems clinical specialist, ultrasound, Tracey Bellas. Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead has purchased two Toshiba Aplio 500 ultrasound […]

Carestream Health UK managing director Charlie McCaffrey, consultant radiologist Dr Hilary Spencer, radiology IT systems manager Clare Jones, project manager Lynn Eddon and RIS manager Nicole Conroy Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust reports that workflow has been improved since the installation of Vue RIS and Vue PACS systems.  The radiology department at the Queen Elizabeth […]

Philips Healthcare account manager Paul Mason, superintendent cardiovascular radiographer Lorna Oliver, Philips IXR modality sales specialist Simon Wilsdon, sister Les Jones, cardiac physiologists Susan Simpson and Laura Jones, Philips field service engineer Rob Welsh and consultant cardiologist Dr Chris Scott. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, has invested in a second Philips Allura Clarity Xper FD20 system […]

Radiology sisters Maggie Williams and Katy-Jo Wilkinson, Philips Healthcare account manager Paul Mason, cardiovascular superintendent radiographer Lorna Oliver, Philips sales specialist Simon Wilsdon, consultant radiologist Dr Grace Timmons and Philips customer support engineer Rob Welsh. Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead has upgraded its vascular lab with a Philips AlluraClarity Xper FD20 system.  Cardiovascular superintendent radiographer […]

Seated on the couch are MRI radiographers Alison Holmes, Helen Skea and Lorna Forrest.  Standing are Philips Healthcare customer support engineer Tony Black, administrator Allison Robertson, lead radiographer MRI Debbie Bainbridge, Philips account manager Paul Mason and Philips customer support engineer Tim Harman. Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead has replaced its MRI scanner with a […]