Manchester

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is nearly doubling biopsy capacity in lung cancer diagnostics with a bespoke, end-to-end modular lung biopsy unit, powered by Siemens Healthineers technology. Developed at Wythenshawe Hospital to meet rising demand and support earlier detection across Greater Manchester, the service integrates a purpose-built imaging and recovery space with interventional biopsy facilities. […]

Join Radformation and OIS in Manchester for a dedicated educational meeting exploring the operational and clinical challenges facing radiotherapy departments today. Bringing together clinical oncologists, physicists, dosimetrists, and therapeutic radiographers from across the UK and Ireland, the meeting will focus on practical approaches to improving efficiency, consistency, and clinical insight throughout the radiotherapy workflow. As […]

Hospital trusts across the north-west region will soon be able to share patients’ radiology images through a new cloud portal. The Greater Manchester Diagnostics Network has appointed UK-based cloud consultancy Shaping Cloud to support the modernisation of its regional PACS portal. Users accessing the new portal will use the Greater Manchester Identity platform (GMID), which […]

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 […]