Poole Hospital

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust has embarked on a project to boost its recruitment and retention of therapeutic radiographers, with the support of Wessex Cancer Alliance. Working with Skills for Health and Health Education England South East, the trust has developed a structured clinical career pathway for therapeutic radiographers focused on breast cancer that […]

Poole Hospital’s rheumatology department has purchased an Esaote MyLab 9 eXP. The ultrasound system is well suited to rheumatology due to its sensitive Power Doppler function and a wide range of transducers up to 25MHz. Consultant rheumatologist Dr Muhammad Khurshid has used several Esaote ultrasound systems in the past few years in his rheumatology practice. […]

Fujifilm Digital Pathology Solutions has partnered with One Dorset Pathology Network to operate a one-year pilot at Royal Bournemouth Hospital. The network aims to extend the solution to a fully digital workflow for cellular pathology across its sites at Royal Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset County hospitals. The One Dorset partnership is the first of Fujifilm’s […]

In July, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust became the first UK hospital to introduce the Philips Ingenia Ambition X 1.5T MR, said to be the UK’s first MRI system to enable helium-free operations. Use of BlueSeal technology could save 1,700 litres of liquid helium as it contains less than 0.5 per cent of the helium […]

    Jane Robinson of Philips UKI, senior radiographer Clare Spinney, trainee reporting radiographer Tracey Tuskin, radiographer Marco Armbruster, advanced practice reporting radiographer and lead paediatric radiographer Lindsey Goswell, x-ray superintendent radiographer Michael Cox and ED lead/reporting radiographer Cheryl Patrick. Poole Hospital has invested in two new digital x-ray systems for use in its A&E department, selecting Philips […]

Senior radiographers Agnes Gouveia and Tracey Tuskin with assistant radiographer Debbie Murphy. Poole Hospital’s radiology department has implemented several new methods to make x-ray examinations more comfortable for patients with dementia.  These include booking in patients with dementia at less busy times, changing the patient’s clothes in the x-ray room rather than a separate room, thoroughly […]

MIS Healthcare account manager Bryan Fernandez, radiographer Miguel Rodriguez, radiology IT systems manager Neil Kinsman, superintendent radiographer Michael Cox, senior radiographer Marc Newman and advance practice paediatric lead Lindsey Goswell. Poole Hospital’s department of radiology has improved its x-ray room environment for paediatric radiography, with the help of MIS Healthcare. Superintendent radiographer Mike Cox said: […]

Toshiba Medical account manager Mark Foxall, consultant cardiologist Dr JP Carpenter, CT specialist radiographer Cliodhna Brennan, consultant radiologist Dr Angus Wood, deputy superintendent radiographer Katy Bysh, MRI superintendent radiographer Paul Culshaw, CT superintendent radiographer Amy Morris, CT specialist radiographer Maddy Broughton, consultant radiologists Dr Joseph Jacoby and Dr Andrew Leonard and Toshiba Medical CT specialist […]