Maidstone

Lead physicist Mark Osborne, centre secretary Laura Hollick, senior therapy radiographer Thembe Muyirimi, dosimetrist Susannah Jansen van Rensburg, senior therapy radiographer Claire Cakebread, patients accounts administrator Sanell Pienaar, therapy radiographer Erna Joubert, senior therapy radiographer Amanda Grzadziel, deputy manager Dawn Bell and junior therapy radiographer Sheila Nakabuye. Following its acquisition by Australia’s largest provider of radiotherapy […]

Fourth year research students Lise Galatius and Katharine Spens, post dissertation on osteopathic research hypotheses tested by mainstream imaging techniques, are pictured with department head Lance Bird. The European School of Osteopathy (ESO) in Maidstone, Kent, has invested in a SonoSite M­-Turbo point-of-care ultrasound system, giving its students the opportunity to discover how the technology […]

Unit manager Lesley Harmes and first patient Hasseena Winter. Maidstone resident Hasseena Winter was the first to benefit from BMI The Somerfield Hospital’s GE Optima wide bore MRI scanner, which was opened by crime author Martina Cole. The equipment, which was made available by Alliance Medical, will ensure an improved scanning experience for patients, particularly […]

Cutting the cake at the opening of BMI The Somerfield Hospital’s MRI scanner is author Martina Cole with BMI The Somerfield Hospital executive director Connie Booth and Alliance Medical business development director David Loasby. Patients attending BMI The Somerfield Hospital in Maidstone for an MRI scan should now find the experience less daunting with the […]

Telemedicine Clinic head of business development Chris Piccaver is pictured, left, with Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust radiology team members superintendent radiographer Sara Amess, radiology general manager Lyn McKay and senior radiographer Gemma Fifield.   Telemedicine Clinic has launched TMC On-Call teleradiology service in the UK, in partnership with Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS […]

Maidstone Hospital PACS manager Mike Tatlow is pictured with Maidstone Breast Screening Service superintendent radiographer Rae Nuttall and Maidstone Hospital PACS and RIS computer services support analyst Natalie Cox.   Fast and efficient reading of screening mammograms is expected to improve the breast screening service to the women in the Kent region.  A region-wide IT […]

With a Luminos dRF at Maidstone Hospital are senior radiographer David Merrett, senior radiographer Joanne Glaysher and Siemens regional sales manager for the south east Clive West.   Maidstone Hospital in Kent, part of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, has installed an Axiom Luminos dRF digital system from Siemens Healthcare.    It is being […]

In a new MR suite at Maidstone Hospital, Kent,  with a GE Healthcare 3.0T HDxt system, are (from left) consultant radiologist Dr Phillip McMillan, MRI superintendent radiographer Neil Harris, Professor Dame Janet Husband and senior radiographers Naomi Mount and Sophie Paterson.   When British radiology luminary Professor Dame Janet Husband declared open a new MR […]