Glenfield Hospital

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has strengthened its nuclear medicine capabilities with the installation of a state-of-the-art gamma camera at Glenfield Hospital. The GE HealthCare Aurora SPECT/CT system combines advanced nuclear medicine imaging with high resolution CT imaging, enabling clinicians to assess both the function and structure of organs during a single examination. […]

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) and vendor-independent managed equipment services provider Ergéa have celebrated the installation of a Varian Halcyon linac, marking a major advancement in radiotherapy services at the trust. The ceremony highlighted the collaboration of both teams, whose commitment has driven major improvements in efficiency, quality and accessibility of radiotherapy in […]

Trainee assistant practitioner Simon Rodman, radiographer Vicky Lyons, student radiographer Rory Tymon with Althea’s Francesca Evans and MIS Healthcare account manager Tony Rogers. Glenfield Hospital, part of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, has received the third and fourth of its planned Samsung GC85 DR x-ray rooms as part of a managed service contract with […]

MIS account manager – Midlands Tony Rogers, radiology site manager Nick Clark, senior radiographer Amanda Douglas, deputy superintendent radiographer Lucy Lewis, MIS account manager – north Phil Jones and Asteral chief technologist Francesca Evans. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has partnered with Asteral to install the first of four digital x-ray rooms at Glenfield […]

At the handover of a Hitachi Arietta V60 to a busy pelvic floor clinic at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, is consultant radiologist Dr Vikas Shah and Hitachi Medical Systems regional sales manager Tom Dolton. The specialist endo-anal clinic and radiology department at Glenfield Hospital has installed the ultrasound system to address its extensive range of examinations, […]

Chief technologist Rachel Hodgkinson, specialist sister Lisa Ross, specialist nurse Katie Nelson, radiology service manager Judy Gilmore and medical physicist David Monk with Asteral’s implementation manager Lloyd Stewart and implementation project manager Arun Upil. As part of its managed equipment service, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has had a D-SPECT cardiac imaging system […]

The Oncology Team of the Year 2010   Cancer teams working with NHS Improvement have dominated the Pfizer Oncology Awards, with London’s Whittington Hospital named Oncology Team of the Year 2010 and Glenfield Hospital in Leicester highly commended.   NHS Improvement is now encouraging NHS cancer networks and trusts nationwide to adopt the model locally. […]

Superintendent radiographer Joan Richards with advanced practitioner Christine Neilson and senior radiographer Jenner Quinn at Glenfield.   The digital transformation of the mammography services at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has progressed with upgrades at Glenfield Hospital.   Asteral has installed two Hologic Selenia FFDM units at Glenfield to complement two GE units […]