Leicester Royal Infirmary

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 […]

Medical equipment service provider Althea and its majority shareholder have announced the commitment of over £100,000 in charitable donations to support the COVID-19 relief efforts of four NHS charities. The donations will provide aid to NHS staff working on the front line, enabling access to food, essential supplies and equipment, and ensuring they can safely […]

Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) has installed a ‘first of its kind’ head and neck cone beam CT scanner featuring patented metal artefact reduction, a 120kV generator and the latest advances in radiographer assistance. Installation of the Carestream CS 9600 CBCT at LRI was facilitated by its long-term vendor-independent managed service provider Althea working in partnership […]

Philip Nimo from Leicester Radiation Safety Service, radiology site manager Colin Ross and head of radiotherapy Lorraine Williams. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has received a Kyoto Kagaku PBU-60 CT whole body phantom from MediScientific.  In order to overcome current financial pressures, different departments in the trust grouped together to produce a joint bid […]

Consultant urological surgeon Mr Masood Khan, Hitachi Medical Systems regional sales manager Tom Dolton and clinical application specialist Annalisa Dunham. Leicester General Hospital has installed a Hitachi Noblus ultrasound system which was voted system of choice for use in theatres during percutaneous nephrilotomy procedures by consultant urological surgeon Mr Masood Khan. He said: “With remarkable […]

MIS Healthcare account manager Linda Mulholland, senior radiographer Dave Shaw, senior paediatric radiographer Reena Mistry, consultant paediatric radiologist Tony Dux, superintendent radiographer Denise Gill and senior paediatric radiographer Helen Callaghan. Leicester Royal Infirmary’s need to update its equipment for paediatric imaging has prompted a move into the digital age.  In looking for a suitable fluoroscopy […]

Asteral implementation manager Lloyd Stewart, consultant radiologist Dr Ram Vaidhyanath, superintendent radiographer Colin Ross with Carestream head and neck imaging specialist Tony Hulbert. A Carestream CS 9300 cone beam CT has been installed at Leicester Royal Infirmary as a part of its multiLIFE contract with Asteral. Superintendent radiographer Colin Ross said: “By diverting our current […]

At Leicester General Hospital are Toshiba Medical Systems account executive Nichola Baron, applications specialist Heather Dring, senior radiographers Pepsi Magondo and Malany Kalicharan and radiology department assistants Colleen Griffiths, Jo Glover and Tom Walters. Toshiba Medical Systems has supplied two CXL 128 CT scanners to University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust as part of an […]