Hereford

Wye Valley NHS Trust and Royal Philips have finished a £2 million radiology service redevelopment programme. By significantly increasing imaging capacity and working with Philips through a managed services partnership, the trust has been able to reduce its diagnostic backlog caused by pressures from COVID-19, while also resuming normal service. In response to an increasing […]

The department of podiatric surgery at Wye Valley NHS Trust in Hereford is said to have pioneered the UK application of intra-operative x-ray C-arms operated by podiatric surgeons at work. The first system, a Fluoroscan Premier, was installed in 1999 followed by an InSight in 2006 that has now been replaced. In the last 20 […]

Senior radiographer Tom Blackman. Wye Valley NHS Trust has launched its x-ray services transformation programme as part of an 11-year radiology partnership with Royal Philips.   The trust went live with the Philips managed service agreement in April, and since then a number of new systems have been delivered to trust sites, including a new digital […]

AAA programme manager Cathy Schorah. Hereford and Worcester Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme has taken delivery of four Esaote MyLab Alpha portable ultrasound machines. Programme manager Cathy Schorah said: “It is vital that we provide a safe and accurate service now and into the future.  My team and I have been impressed by the help […]

Les Davies of the Friends of Ledbury Hospital with Dr Nick Meyer of St Katherine’s GP surgery, chairman of the friends Dr Robert Scholefield and junior registrar rheumatologist Dr Ilfita Sahbudin. Local fundraisers dug deep to provide the funding for a Toshiba Aplio 300 ultrasound scanner for Ledbury Community Hospital.  Unveiling the scanner and demonstrating […]

Pictured are Toshiba Medical Systems account manager Megan Newberry, senior radiographer Pauline Stevenson, consultant radiologist Dr Julie Davis, senior radiographer Elizabeth Gallagher, superintendent CT radiographer Joan Keenan and radiology assistant Christine Crockett. The County Hospital in Hereford, part of Wye Valley NHS Trust, has replaced a four-slice system with a 128-slice Toshiba Aquilion CXL cardiac […]