Liverpool

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool has partnered with Canadian software company Limbus AI to trial and co-develop a commercial AI-based autocontouring tool for brachytherapy cervical cancer treatment. Brachytherapy involves placing an intense radiation source inside or in close contact with tumour cells. This makes it well suited to treating tumours in particular parts of the body such […]

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, has reached a milestone in using a cutting-edge treatment for people living with essential tremor. The specialist neurosciences hospital won the contract to deliver the new service at the end of 2021, making it the first centre in the north of England to offer an incisionless treatment for […]

The radiology department at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, is celebrating 10 years of providing a specialist MRI clinic for patients with claustrophobia. The team of four have scanned more than 830 patients over the past decade. Created in 2014, the clinic was first supported by the Roy Ferguson Fund, set up by […]

People in Liverpool will now benefit from faster access to tests and scans for a range of health conditions, with the opening of an NHS community diagnostic centre on the Paddington Village development in Edge Hill. The new CDC offers tests to people referred by health professionals to check for conditions including musculoskeletal problems, gastrointestinal […]

Radiographers Nicola Ragel, Conor Fagan, Rhian Chiocchi and Jac Lewis were able to attend the annual RSNA meeting in Chicago, due to sponsorship from Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The team reports that it was an incredible experience and, as radiographers, they found the trip extremely valuable. “Being able to see the direction of […]

Rutherford Health has partnered with Bupa Health Clinics to open a number of Bupa Health Centres within its network of cancer clinics, creating a one-stop journey for patients, from diagnosis to treatment. The centres will give access to services such as private GP appointments, health assessments and physiotherapy under one roof within the Rutherford Cancer […]

In 2020 Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was awarded funding for a new CT scanner under the first round of Government funding for additional scanners and upgrades. Although the trust had ordered a CT scanner from Siemens Healthineers, there was no designated site for the new CT. The trust decided that a relocatable modular […]

Superintendent radiographer Ali Guest and her team at Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool, have received a motorised mammography chair that is expected to improve the way mammograms are performed for patients who cannot stand. Supplied by Wolverson X-ray, the REAL 8200 Plus EL Clinic mammography chair helps the patient achieve correct posture and also facilitates a good […]