Southampton General Hospital

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has transformed its breast imaging services with the UK’s first Mammomat B.brilliant mammography system from Siemens Healthineers. This addition is said to bring the latest technology including the widest tomosynthesis angle with the fastest scan time on the market of less than five seconds. Following its accreditation by the […]

A £12.2 million MRI outpatients department that provides three state-of-the-art MRI systems has opened at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. Doctors, specialist radiographers and the radiology management team played a key role in the design of the facility, which is located next to the front entrance of the hospital. Taking more than three years to […]

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has updated three Esaote ultrasound systems with the new MyLab X75 and its high frequency transducers, which are said to deliver outstanding image quality and Doppler sensitivity, as well as two MyLab Omegas, which are Esaote’s high end, portable, multidisciplinary ultrasound platform. The MyLab Omegas will continue to take […]

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has reported on the results of a project it undertook as part of the NHS England Elective Care Transformation Programme. The radiology and sarcoma team embarked on transforming the soft tissue sarcoma pathway and had to complete this within the 100-day time frame set by NHSE. The initial aim […]

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has opened a ‘dementia-friendly’ x-ray room, following the advice of Admiral nurses who specialise in caring for dementia patients and their families in the NHS, care homes and hospices. The nurses were asked to advise in the selection of surroundings to create an environment that helps calm patients with […]

IEL representatives Charlotte Allen and Mark Goodwin. Imaging Equipment Limited reports that it had a successful time at the BNMS annual spring meeting last month and company representatives Charlotte Allen, Mark Goodwin, Will Bryan and Mike Lea enjoyed meeting visitors to the stand. Delegates were able to play arcade games and had the chance to […]

Interventional superintendent radiographer Andy Macey with the new robotic arm from Siemens Healthineers. University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust says it is the first hospital in the UK to have the new Siemens Healthineers Artis pheno hybrid theatre installed. Several specialities use the theatre, with a core group of six radiographers operating the equipment.  Interventional superintendent […]

Dr Max Jonas in the ICU. Staff at Southampton General Hospital’s intensive care unit are finding point-of-care ultrasound indispensable as intensive care and anaesthesia consultant Dr Max Jonas explained: “Southampton General is a category A trauma centre, with a 25-bed general ICU.  We also treat surgical intensive care and high dependency patients, and cover surgical aspects […]