Oldham

The Christie at Oldham’s radiography team is celebrating receiving the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark. The Christie at Oldham, which treats many types of cancers for local patients, has received the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark after undergoing an inspection and gaining the highest possible score. The award is the first of its kind to assess whether […]

At Royal Oldham Hospital, with Toshiba Medical Systems account executive CT/MR/x-ray Carl McMullen are CT lead radiographer Andrew Green (seated), radiographers Gary Footitt, Sarah Brierley (seated) and Marie Lamb, consultant radiologist Dr Rajesh Annamalaisamy, radiographer Tina Hammond and Toshiba projects manager, north, Nik Codd.      Royal Oldham Hospital, part of the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS […]

With a Philips Brilliance Big Bore CT simulator at The Christie at Oldham are, from left, superintendent radiographer pre-treatment Melissa Woodward, senior radiographer Charlotte Patchett, Philips Healthcare CT applications specialist Amy Pedvin, senior radiographer Kelly Holt and Philips account manager, DIS, north west England Steve Oliver.   The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, has celebrated […]

At Oldham Hospital with their newly installed Magnetom Avanto 1.5T MRI are senior radiographer Sue Clegg, radiology superintendent Andrew Green and site lead for radiology Dr. Samy Jeyagopal.   The Royal Oldham Hospital, part of Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, has upgraded its imaging department with the installation of a Magnetom Avanto 1.5 Tesla MRI […]

The team of staff at the Oldham site.   The Christie has opened its new radiotherapy centre in Oldham – described as the first facility of its kind in the UK.   The £17 million centre is the first in a network of radiotherapy centres, where cancer patients from Oldham and the surrounding areas will […]

Christie engineers (left) Dave Gaskin and Rob O’Reilly.   The new “Christie at Oldham” radiotherapy centre, a satellite to The Christie in Manchester, took a huge step forward recently with the arrival of the two Elekta Synergy linacs.  The installation period is reported to be progressing well with the remainder of the building moving ahead […]

HSL UK sales manager Roy Kinnear with Tina Hammond, Pennine Acute Trust radiographer, based at The Royal Oldham Hospital.   Hospital Services Limited has installed a Codonics Virtua XR CD/DVD burner at the Royal Oldham Hospital.   Tim Silvester, radiology systems manager for the Pennine Acute Trust, explained: “The Codonics Virtua XR has thoroughly streamlined […]