Royal Papworth Hospital

A caretaker from Spalding, Lincolnshire, has become the first patient at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to benefit from a heart procedure that uses a Philips (Spectranetics) CVX laser system called an excimer laser coronary atherectomy (ELCA), avoiding the need for bypass surgery. Michael Bronze underwent ELCA, which is used to treat stents in […]

Papworth Hospital chairman Professor John Wallwork, consultant radiologist Dr Bobby Agrawal, MP for Cambridge Dr Julian Huppert, radiology manager Caz Dyer, Siemens Healthcare CT business manager Russell Lodge, regional sales manager Graham Walker, lead radiographer Leigh Clements and Siemens global product manager Peter Aulbach. Cambridge MP Dr Julian Huppert was at Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation […]

Consultant anaesthetist Dr Kamen Valchanov and operating department practitioner Hannah Pettigrew with a SonoSite M-Turbo. Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire, the UK’s largest specialist cardiothoracic hospital, has invested in SonoSite’s M-Turbo point-of-care ultrasound system for its cardiac intensive care unit. Consultant anaesthetist Dr Kamen Valchanov said: “Papworth is a big cardiac centre with a busy ICU. […]

At Papworth Hospital are principal radiographer general imaging Carolyn Dyer, radiology services manager Richard Rowlands and Agfa HealthCare account manager Tracey Morris.   Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has acquired an Agfa HealthCare DX-G computed radiography system to maintain the radiology department’s efficiency as patient numbers increase.   Replacing an existing Agfa HealthCare CR system, […]