North Tyneside General Hospital

Northumbria Healthcare adds mammography chairs to ensure comfort during examinations

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has taken delivery of two types of mammography chair from Wolverson X-ray, at Hexham, Wansbeck and North Tyneside general hospitals. Superintendent radiographer Katie Quigley said: “Since receiving the model 8200 mammography chairs, we have found positioning immobile or unsteady patients a lot easier. Because the chair is lightweight and small, […]

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Standardised systems help Northumbria trust meet quality aims

Pictured at the handover of three Samsung RS80A general imaging ultrasound systems to Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are radiology assistant Claire Elgie, MIS Healthcare clinical applications specialist Vicki Hyde, advanced practitioners for ultrasound Shiromi Angus and Ciara O’Keefe, radiology assistant Lisa Milbourne, trust lead advanced practitioner Richard Morrell, consultant radiologist Dr Fernando Santiago and […]

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Retractable column makes mobile x-ray unit popular

Student radiographer Chris Murray, radiographer Stephen Ridley, trust lead radiographer Kelly Gribbon, Carestream key account manager Jonathan Atkinson and radiographer Lauren Maxey. North Tyneside General Hospital, the largest of three district general hospitals in Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, has installed a Carestream DRX-Revolution Mobile x-ray unit for imaging in departments throughout the hospital, including emergency […]

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Five probes offer scanning options

At North Tyneside General Hospital, attending a Toshiba mini systems training course, are sonographers Lynn Ash, trust lead sonographer Judith Cobb, sonographer Julie Innis, student sonographer Jo Fishburn and sonographers Elaine Holroyd and Cara O’Keefe. Northumbria Healthcare Trust has purchased two Toshiba Aplio 400 ultrasound systems, one for the radiology department at North Tyneside General […]

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Fabulous addition boosts seven-day services

Patient Susan Middleton with Fabulous Flournoy of Newcastle Eagles and MP Alan Campbell open North Tyneside General Hospital’s MRI scanner. A £1m MRI scanner has been unveiled at North Tyneside General Hospital by basketball player Fabulous Flournoy and MP for Tynemouth Alan Campbell. The MRI diagnostic service, provided and operated by InHealth, will be available […]

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