Manchester

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester is to install 11 surface-guided radiotherapy (SGRT) systems from Vision RT. The systems will be installed across all four Christie treatment centres and integrated into existing Varian and…
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Eight NHS trusts across Greater Manchester have taken an important step in a new region-wide imaging approach that will enable faster diagnoses for millions of patients, following the signing of a contract with medical imaging IT company…
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Held at the Mercure Hotel in Manchester and attracting more than 40 delegates, Philips’ CT study day received positive feedback, with a request for it to become a regular event. The CPD-accredited meeting was aimed at radiologists,…
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The Society and College of Radiographers CT Leads Special Interest Group (CTLSIG) held its third meeting in Manchester in June. Sponsored by Philips UKI, the event was an opportunity for CT leads to meet, share and discuss best practice to…
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Patients from The Christie shared their experiences of having proton beam therapy (PBT) and radiotherapy with around 1,200 worldwide experts in particle therapy. Sophie Vohra, Georgia Wood-Wareing an Ashleigh O’Hara spoke to delegates in…
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Attendees at the Carestream UK&I RIS/PACS/VNA user group meeting. Carestream held another successful PACS/RIS/VNA user group meeting for its UK and Ireland customers at the Macdonald Manchester Hotel. The agenda covered all…
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A Somatom go.UP from Siemens Healthineers will be installed on a mobile. Medical charity Cobalt has signed an agreement to bolster its cancer diagnostic capabilities.  A Somatom go.Up from Siemens Healthineers is being installed onto a…
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University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust was announced the winner of the Health Service Journal’s Patient Safety Team of the Year Award at the annual Patient Safety Congress in Manchester.  The award is given in recognition…
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Pictured during a visit following the installation of a Hologic Horizon A DXA scanner supplied by Vertec Scientific to the endocrinology department at The Christie in Manchester are consultant endocrinologist Dr Claire Higham, operations…
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The Christie 70 for 70 team that took part in this year's Great Manchester Run. Seventy members of staff from The Christie took part in the Great Manchester Run in May to celebrate 70 years of the NHS.  The group ran en-masse to raise…
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