Spire Healthcare

Spire Little Aston Hospital in Birmingham has introduced a Hologic mammography machine, said to be the only one of its kind in Spire Healthcare hospitals across the UK. The Brevera breast biopsy unit streamlines the process, reducing time under compression. It integrates vacuum-assisted sampling and instant specimen imaging within the same device, allowing the user […]

Spire South Bank Hospital, Worcester, has unveiled a newly installed fluoroscopy suite, following a £720,000 investment aimed at improving and supporting the hospital’s commitment to delivering high quality patient care. Designed as a dual-purpose facility, the new suite functions as a fluoroscopy unit and an x-ray room. This flexible set-up allows the hospital to maximise […]

More NHS and private patients will be scanned more quickly following delivery of a Canon Medical Systems Aquilion Prime SP CT scanner at Spire Parkway Hospital in Solihull. The £600,000 investment will provide more rapid diagnoses for more patients than previously possible, helping reduce the region’s diagnostic waiting lists. Using the latest AI technology, the […]

Earlier this year the radiology department at Spire Murrayfield Hospital, Wirral, began a new vacuum-assisted breast biopsy service using the Hologic Brevera breast biopsy system and its upgraded Selenia Dimensions digital mammography system. Consultant radiologist Dr Asha Shivaram works at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and at Spire Murrayfield. She said: “I was thrilled that […]

Spire Healthcare Group has added to its installations of Codonics Virtua medical disk publisher units with new arrivals at Spire Portsmouth Hospital and Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital.  The private hospital group now has 28 Codonics Virtua E units installed and maintained by Hospital Services Limited (HSL). With a compact design and small footprint the Virtua […]

Fujifilm applications specialist Diane Medley, Spire Hartswood imaging manager Magda Coetzee, senior radiographer Gurpreet Rooprai, imaging administrator Christine Bannister and Fujifilm senior account manager Iain Sims. Spire Hartswood Hospital in Essex has chosen a dual radiology image processing solution for its busy x-ray department that meets a number of specific needs.  “One of our main […]

X-ray lead radiographer Di Hunter, radiographer Ritch Ahorro, acting imaging manager Laura McLennan, consultant radiologist Dr Sona Biswas and Canon Medical Systems account manager Jamile Siddiqui. Spire Gatwick Park Hospital has refurbished its x-ray room and installed a Canon Medical Systems Ultimax-i digital x-ray system.  The system is able to cover a wide range of […]

Former Rugby Union player Tom Rees. Former England Rugby Union player, flanker for London Wasps and recently qualified doctor Tom Rees was on hand to open a new £2.7 million MRI scanner at Spire St Anthony’s Hospital in Sutton. Rees spoke to an audience of invited patients, specialist orthopaedic surgeons, physiotherapists and trainers who are […]