Homerton University Hospital

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has become the first organisation in the NHS to deploy Sectra’s enterprise imaging service using public cloud. Sectra says this deployment has shown that NHS patient imaging can be efficiently accessed from a secure public cloud environment as quickly as when data is stored on the premises. Radiology teams at […]

MIS account manager David Billett, senior radiographer Dearbhla McGill, reporting radiographers Cath Hodges and Helen Twyford, senior radiographer Jason Hodgins and plain imaging leads Paul O’Riordan and Amy Law. The radiology department at Homerton University Hospital, London, has installed a Samsung GC85 digital x-ray room, complemented two Samsung GM85 mobile x-ray systems, all provided by […]

Seated are CT lead radiographer Tara McGinley and deputy lead CT radiographer John Hannigan.  Behind are Toshiba Medical account manager Colin Pellow, radiology imaging manager Niamh McGuiness and consultant radiologist Dr Kamini Patel. Homerton University Hospital has acquired a Toshiba Medical Aquilion Prime CT scanner to replace its existing Aquilion 64 system and Vitrea workstations.  […]

Senior CT radiographer Dillon Mooney, radiology services manager Niamh McGuinness, CT lead Tara McGinley and deputy CT lead John Hannigan. Following extensive evaluation, the CT department at Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust has purchased an Ulrich CT Motion contrast injector from Synapse Medical UK.  It was decided the CT Motion satisfied the stringent infection control […]

Dr Angshu Bhowmik routinely uses point-of-care ultrasound to help guide pleural procedures. Ultrasound guidance is now routinely used for pleural procedures, with current British Thoracic Society guidelines stating that all pleural drain insertions and aspirations should be performed using the technique. Consultant chest physician specialising in lung cancer and COPD at Homerton University Hospital Dr […]

With athletes from the Tessa Sanderson Foundation is Toshiba Medical Systems director commercial solutions Ian Watson (back row, second left), commercial solutions manager Joe Vincent (second from right) and managing director Mark Hitchman.  In front, with a TSFA athlete are Homerton University Hospital’s Dr Peter Resteghini and Tessa Sanderson, CBE. A formal partnership between the Tessa […]

A&E superintendent radiographer Cheryl Hill, radiographer Robert Higham, superintendent radiographer Amy Law and Fujifilm account manager Iain Sims. Homerton University Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit has installed an FDR Go DR mobile x-ray unit from Fujifilm. Radiographer Robert Higham said: “The speed of the image availability on the system really helps the clinicians decide on the correct […]

Pictured following the handover of five GE Healthcare Voluson E10 systems and a Voluson E8 to Homerton Hospital in London are GE sales specialist Karin Pienaar, sonographer Aisha Qureshi, ultrasound manager Sally Daniels, sonographers Sadia Hussain and Gill King with lead consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Mr Yinka Akinfenwa.  Daniels said: “We are very excited to […]