Newcastle

The Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) in Newcastle has reached a significant milestone, treating more than 1,000 prostate cancer patients using an automated radiotherapy planning system that is helping deliver faster and more consistent care. The Varian Edge system enables the team to create radiotherapy treatment plans more efficiently and with greater precision. Normally, […]

On August 16, the breast screening team at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust celebrated 35 years of the Breast Screening Programme. Attended by a variety of staff old and new, it was a celebration of the lives that have been saved and the progress that has been made since the programme began […]

NHS Supply Chain has supported the pilot of the Elekta ProKnow cloud-based software solution and now ordered licences for 50 NHS trust hospitals over three years as well as education and training. It follows an extensive phase of provider testing that enabled more than 20 radiotherapy centres in England to access, test and assess the […]

Alliance Medical services the phase one and part of phase two NHS England national PETCT contract and is continuing to add capacity to its UK-wide network of scanning sites. In September last year it opened a PETCT centre in Newcastle at the Freeman Hospital, which was followed in November by a modular centre at Norfolk […]

Siemens Healthineers regional sales manager Rob Newcombe, plain film and theatre superintendent Mark Paterson, radiographers Tom Brotherton and Gemma Campbell with core theatre radiographer Katie Watcham. Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, has updated its surgical equipment at the Royal Victoria Infirmary with four Cios […]

Delegates and speakers for the ultrasound study day at Royal Victoria Infirmary Clinical Learning Centre. The inaugural North East Ultrasound Study Day at Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) Clinical Learning Centre attracted 60 attendees from across the north-east of the country.  With sponsorship from Toshiba Medical and speakers offering their services unpaid, it was possible to […]

Consultant radiographer Diane Lennox, Toshiba Medical Systems clinical specialist ultrasound Tracey Bellas, consultant radiographer Merilyn Cockburn and consultant radiologist Dr Nidhi Sibal. The Breast Screening and Assessment Centre at Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle has received one of the first installations of the Aplio i-series ultrasound system from Toshiba Medical Systems.  The equipment comes with […]

Seated in front are lead radiographer Johnson Mukanganiki, diagnostic radiographer Chelsea Abbott, assistant practitioner Vee McGahan, diagnostic radiographer Demelza Andrews and lead radiographer Vicky McDonald.  Standing behind are radiology service manager Graeme Hughes, Carestream product specialist Martin Stewart and account manager Jonathan Atkinson. Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NUTH), has installed two Carestream […]