Salford Royal Hospital

Salford Royal Hospital, as part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA), has become the latest site to roll out Sectra PACS-based reporting on diagnostic imaging. Reporters and radiologists at the hospital are now able to use a single platform to both view and report on imaging studies, rather than having to navigate […]

Salford Royal Hospital in Manchester, part of Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, has taken delivery of a Lateral Foot Imaging Step from Rothband. After a trial during which staff were able to evaluate the step in action, the team decided to make it a permanent addition to their department. The double handrails and stable […]

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has installed an Aquilion Prime SP CT from Canon Medical Systems in a scanning room created from a relocated angio suite. An extensive range of applications have been included to boost its versatility across a range of complex and routine clinical procedures in neuro, cardiac, orthopaedic, oncology, CT-guided intervention and […]

Star baker Linda Mason with her trophy. Salford Royal Hospital has hosted a charity bake sale and raffle in aid of the Brain Tumour Charity and raised £384.  It was organised by senior radiographer Angela Frackleton who has worked with the charity as an ambassador since 2009 following the diagnosis of her father’s malignant brain […]

Dr Jim Corcoran uses the SonoSite X-Porte to guide the administration of regional anaesthetics. Ultrasound guidance is helping Salford Royal’s regional neurosurgical centre to improve safety, save time and enhance the patient experience. Consultant neuro-anaesthetist and clinical director for perioperative care Dr Jim Corcoran explained: “Before ultrasound guidance became commonplace, regional anaesthesia was performed using […]

Toshiba Medical Systems senior service engineer XR Marc Ivison, consultant interventional neuroradiologist Dr Hannah Stockley, superintendent radiographer Dhiren Patel, Toshiba account manager CT/MR/XR Graham King, senior neuroradiographer Rory Dedman and Toshiba head of technical support group Matthew Solomon. Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has purchased two Toshiba Infinix-i neuro-interventional labs.  The existing systems were over […]

A group of GE customers learned about ultrasound in rheumatology. GE Healthcare held a customer study day focused on rheumatology at Salford Royal, Manchester.  The one-day course was designed for rheumatologists who are starting to incorporate ultrasound into their everyday clinical list, as well as those who have intermediate ultrasound skills and wish to enhance […]

Konica Minolta sales manager Cliff Baron with PACS manager James Carruth. Salford Royal Hospital has enhanced patient care following the digital upgrade of its x-ray facilities by Konica Minolta.  The retrofitting of four rooms with digital imaging capacity, without the need to replace equipment, has reduced waiting times for patients. Imaging strategy lead in clinical support services […]