Rotherham Hospital

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is a combined acute and community trust and one of the first thirty-five trusts in England and Wales to achieve NHS foundation trust status. Opened in 1978, it has developed a reputation as a thriving organisation and achieves clinical recognition all over the country. As an associate teaching hospital of […]

Rotherham Hospital has received a Hologic Horizon C DXA system optimised for bone density measurement, supplied by Vertec Scientific. Previously the scanning service was based in the town’s diagnostic centre using a Hologic QDR Discovery C installed in 2006. The service has now been transferred to a purpose-built unit in the main hospital. The DXA […]

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has added two high performance DR 600 x-ray rooms. With the contract signed in September 2018, the first room went live in December and has already increased patient throughput significantly in the hospital. The trust already has several Agfa digital radiography solutions. “Our new DR 600 has enhanced the x-ray […]

Ultrasound deputy superintendent Annette Brammer using the ViewPoint system. Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has chosen HealthNetConnections (HNC) as its partner to create an integrated record for obstetric ultrasound by using the GE ViewPoint ultrasound reporting system.  All obstetric ultrasound findings are electronically captured within the GE ViewPoint system; coupled with HNC’s Talk2 integration suite the […]

Agfa HealthCare imaging business manager John Flavell, professional lead for clinical radiology, medical physics and medical photography/illustration Mark Buckley, clinical lead for plain film and fluoroscopy Rachel Beckett, deputy professional lead for clinical radiology, medical physics and medical photography/illustration Lisa Hickling, radiology clinical systems deputy manager Annette Talbot and Agfa key account manager David Wright. Rotherham […]

Pictured, standing, are deputy superintendent sonographer Annette Brammer, advanced practitioner sonographers Emma Black, Alisha Ellison, Julia Hill, David Winstanley and Lewis Moore, sonographer Jacki Copley, Toshiba Medial systems applications specialist Louise Higgins and advanced practitioner sonographer Michelle Speed.  Seated are advanced practitioner sonographers Jessica Booker and Hannah Cummings. Rotherham Hospital has purchased a Toshiba Aplio […]

Sister Jackie Copley-Maddy, staff nurse Carol Don, superintendent sonographer Philippa Coffey, sonographers Ruth Thornton and Annette Brammer with Toshiba Medical Systems ultrasound applications specialists Dawn Ingham and Louise Higgins. Rotherham Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has purchased seven Toshiba Aplio 500 ultrasound systems to assist the implantation of a comprehensive obstetric reporting system.  They will be […]

Team Rotherham at the awards ceremony.   The NHS Rotherham Diagnostic centre managed by Care UK has gained two more awards from Rotherham and Barnsley Chamber of Commerce.  It received highly recommended awards for “Working with the community” and “Healthcare provider.”  A delegation of staff attended the ceremony which was held in the Magna Centre […]