CT Scan Unit

The fifth of 15 bespoke CT scanners and relocatable building units, designed and manufactured in the UK by Canon Medical Systems as part of NHS England’s COVID-19 recovery plan, has been delivered to Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The unit has been positioned in a car park outside A&E and is separate from the […]

The roll out of Canon Medical CT Scan Units as part of NHS England’s COVID-19 recovery plan continues, with the delivery of a facility to Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It will increase the number of scans carried out in the area by 20 per cent and reduce waiting times for diagnostic CT imaging. […]

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has successfully managed its CT imaging backlog during COVID-19 with the help of a Canon Medical relocatable unit with Aquilion Prime SP CT. It was installed as part of winter 2019/20 contingency funding, but also played a critical role in supporting imaging services during the pandemic. Positioned on a disused […]

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Surrey has been allocated one of 15 specially- commissioned Canon Medical Systems relocatable CT units by NHS England under its COVID-19 recovery plan. It will help the trust catch up on delayed outpatient CT scans from the spring and summer lockdown period and boost imaging capacity […]

The impact of COVID-19 on diagnostic imaging at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust has increased demand for chest CT scans, created a backlog of routine patient scans and increased the time needed to clean CT rooms between patients. It is estimated that an extra 62 hours of CT scanning time is required each week. To […]

Bradford Royal Infirmary has increased its diagnostic imaging capacity and re-organised its suspected COVID-19 and normal imaging radiology workflow with the introduction of a Relocatable CT Scanner. Rapidly deployed by Canon Medical Systems UK, the temporary facility is located between A&E and radiology. “The Relocatable CT Scanner allows us to keep ‘green’ patients (without suspected […]