Stockport

NHS laboratories across Greater Manchester have begun to go live with technology that will transform how pathologists across the region collaborate, assisting in the timely diagnosis of cancers and other illnesses. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, which hosts one of seven NHS laboratories in Greater Manchester, has become the first in the region’s pathology network to […]

Pictured, seated, are superintendent sonographer Christine Hooson, advanced ultrasound practitioner Sophia Jackson, student radiographer Sue Fenton and advanced ultrasound practitioners Anne Hurleston and Janet Hartland.  Behind are advanced ultrasound practitioners Eimear Cockayne and Jon Carty, Toshiba Medical Systems ultrasound applications specialist Paula Connor, clinical service lead radiology Sarah Franks and advanced ultrasound practitioners Nikki Harding […]

Radiographer Saima Naheed with a Philips Achieva MRI scanner. A state-of-the-art MRI scanner is ready to provide new services to patients at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport.  The 1.5T Philips Achieva scanner is expected to provide high quality images in shorter scanning times. The system, which will scan an average of 9,000 patients a year, […]

During a systems training session at Stepping Hill Hospital are sonographers Eimear Cockayne and Anne Hurleston, superintendent sonographer Chris Hooson, sonographer Janet Fidler, Toshiba Medical Systems ultrasound applications specialist Nicky Sims with sonographers Jon Carty, Catherine Young, Jo Butler and Elaine Kinsey.    Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has procured two ultrasound systems from Toshiba Medical […]

At Stepping Hill Hospital, are, from left, consultant radiologist Dr Sunil Mehta, Siemens Healthcare regional sales manager John Brady, superintendent radiographer Gill Green and Siemens product specialist for mammography Samantha Smith.   Stepping Hill Hospital, part of the Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, has installed two Mammomat Inspiration full field digital mammography systems to enhance its […]