Manchester

GPs across Greater Manchester are gaining access to order more imaging tests for patients directly. Known as GP Direct Access, the initiative allows GPs to order CT scans of the chest, stomach and hip areas and MRI scans of the brain, in addition to the x-rays and ultrasounds they can already order. This will help […]

Salford Royal Hospital, as part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA), has become the latest site to roll out Sectra PACS-based reporting on diagnostic imaging. Reporters and radiologists at the hospital are now able to use a single platform to both view and report on imaging studies, rather than having to navigate […]

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester is pioneering a procedure to treat liver cancer through the wrist. Developed by interventional radiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid overnight hospital stays, the procedure is based on a technique used by cardiologists to restore blood flow for heart patients. Called SIRT (selective internal radiation therapy), the […]

A father from Cheshire has become one of the first patients in the world to take part in a study by researchers working at The Christie, Manchester, to measure the amount of oxygen in their tumour. Hypoxic cancers are more challenging to treat successfully, particularly when radiotherapy is given. By measuring the amount of oxygen […]

NHS laboratories across Greater Manchester have begun to go live with technology that will transform how pathologists across the region collaborate, assisting in the timely diagnosis of cancers and other illnesses. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, which hosts one of seven NHS laboratories in Greater Manchester, has become the first in the region’s pathology network to […]

The Advanced Radiotherapy Summer School will be returning for its seventh year on Tuesday, June 27 – Thursday, June 29, 2023. This is a face-to-face event which will take place at The Christie School of Oncology based at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester. Overview We are delighted to be bringing you a brand […]

The capacity to detect cancers and other health conditions that disproportionately affect the Greater Manchester population has been accelerated through a new strategic partnership. A memorandum of understanding between Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Siemens Healthineers and The University of Manchester (UoM), will formalise already close working relationships between the three organisations. In January 2021, […]

Terumo Europe N.V. is proud to announce that The Christie in Manchester has undertaken the first cases in the UK using the holmium-166 SIRT platform. The Christie is the largest single site cancer centre in Europe and the first UK centre to be accredited as a comprehensive cancer centre. The hospital treats more than 60,000 […]