Newcastle upon Tyne

Nuffield Health Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital has added to its range of Fujifilm radiology equipment with an Amulet Innovality mammography system. Radiology manager Amanda Cumersdale explained that the Amulet Innovality is the mammography system of choice for Nuffield Health and said: “When we reviewed the specifications and saw the system for ourselves we were in […]

Senior radiographer Steve Harris, consultant clinical scientist Dr Hazel McCallum, senior radiographers Tim Dowling and Abbie Clough, superintendent radiographer Jill Mckenna and senior radiographer Ruth Nisbet. The Northern Centre for Cancer Care has celebrated its 10,000th MRI patient scan.  It claims to have been the first centre in the UK to routinely use MRI to […]

Pictured at a recent training session on a Hologic Horizon W DXA scanner supplied by Vertec Scientific are Vertec applications specialist Joy Thorpe, Northumbria University senior lecturer Ian Walshe, PhD student Emma Sweeney and lecturer Thomas Jones. Northumbria University is one of the largest universities in the UK, with more than 30,000 students from 134 […]

Clinical scientist Karen Hawthorn, radiotherapy engineer Neil Satterley, clinical scientists Phil Ayre and Grace Keane, therapeutic radiographer Kate Forbes with Mike Holroyd of OIS. Following the installation of a Delta4 Phantom+ by Oncology Imaging Systems, the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne has chosen to purchase a second system.  Completely wireless with integrated wi-fi and […]

Consultant neuroradiographer Nicola Hind, senior sister Amanda Moore, staff nurse Joanne Bird, senior neuroradiographers Katie Colford and Aimee Gunn. The Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) in Newcastle upon Tyne has upgraded its Philips Allura interventional x-ray system to an Allura Clarity IQ.  The upgrade comes with the company’s latest dose reduction technology and enabled the hospital […]

Royal Victoria Infirmary consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon Mr Adam Critchley, consultant radiologist Dr George Petrides, consultant radiologist and breast screening programme director Dr Nidhi Sibal, advanced practitioner radiographers Merilyn Cockburn and Jenni Scott and clinical scientist and nuclear medicine physicist Dr Richard Peace. Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne has been running a series […]

Collaborative Portfolio Limited director Iain Kennair, radiographer Richard Trotter, senior theatre nurse Amy Williams and Toshiba Medical Systems account executive Scott Kearton. Moorview Vets in the north east of England has had a Toshiba Aquilion RXL 16-slice CT scanner installed. Established in 2008, the practice has its main hospital in Backworth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and a small […]

At Freeman Hospital are cross site MRI superintendent Sarah Branfoot, Wolverson X-Ray regional sales manager Gurpal Matharu, senior MRI radiographer Scott Currel and radiology manager Graeme Hughes. Following evaluation earlier this year, Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne has taken delivery of an MRI patient trolley.  The Wolverson Super Deluxe model is said to be […]