MES

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board extends ultrasound MES to 2031

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has renewed its seven-year managed equipment service (MES) contract with Canon Medical Systems UK for a third term to 2031, in order to provide patient support and clinical continuity for diagnostic ultrasound systems. The ultrasound leadership team in radiology was instrumental in leading the health board-wide tender process that involved extensive […]

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Leading MES companies rebrand as Ergéa

UK managed equipment services (MES) companies Althea UK and Medipass Healthcare have merged operations and rebranded as Ergéa. As part of the Ergéa Group, Ergéa UK managed equipment services cover radiology, radiotherapy, endoscopy, cardiology and surgical theatres. Ergéa also provides vendor independent maintenance services for endoscopy, radiology and biomedical equipment. Althea UK ceo David Rolfe […]

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Whittington Health NHS Trust unveils state-of-the-art radiology department

Managed service and maintenance provider Althea has completed a £4 million refurbishment and replacement project at Whittington Health NHS Trust’s imaging department. New diagnostic imaging equipment, which was updated and installed over a two-year period, includes 14 ultrasound systems, a CT scanner, a fluoroscopy system, five digital x-ray rooms, two mobile x-ray machines, a digital […]

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Peterborough City chooses ‘superior’ x-ray system under MES

Peterborough City Hospital has received new radiology equipment installed by Althea as part of the hospital’s ongoing managed equipment service (MES) contract. The first replacement was an interventional suite in December 2018, which included the installation of a Philips UKI AlluraClarity FD20. This involved the clinical team revising the layout of the x-ray room to […]

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X-ray services are enhanced at Leicester General

The team from Leicester General Hospital with Lloyd Stewart and Robert Mason from Althea and account manager for MIS Healthcare Tony Rogers (far right) with a new Samsung GC85. Leicester General Hospital has worked with Althea and Samsung Healthcare through University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust’s vendor-independent managed service to replace all of its plain […]

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Wye Valley transforms x-ray services

Senior radiographer Tom Blackman. Wye Valley NHS Trust has launched its x-ray services transformation programme as part of an 11-year radiology partnership with Royal Philips.   The trust went live with the Philips managed service agreement in April, and since then a number of new systems have been delivered to trust sites, including a new digital […]

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