Wansbeck General Hospital

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has taken delivery of two types of mammography chair from Wolverson X-ray, at Hexham, Wansbeck and North Tyneside general hospitals. Superintendent radiographer Katie Quigley said: “Since receiving the model 8200 mammography chairs, we have found positioning immobile or unsteady patients a lot easier. Because the chair is lightweight and small, […]

Pictured at the handover of three Samsung RS80A general imaging ultrasound systems to Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are radiology assistant Claire Elgie, MIS Healthcare clinical applications specialist Vicki Hyde, advanced practitioners for ultrasound Shiromi Angus and Ciara O’Keefe, radiology assistant Lisa Milbourne, trust lead advanced practitioner Richard Morrell, consultant radiologist Dr Fernando Santiago and […]

At North Tyneside General Hospital, attending a Toshiba mini systems training course, are sonographers Lynn Ash, trust lead sonographer Judith Cobb, sonographer Julie Innis, student sonographer Jo Fishburn and sonographers Elaine Holroyd and Cara O’Keefe. Northumbria Healthcare Trust has purchased two Toshiba Aplio 400 ultrasound systems, one for the radiology department at North Tyneside General […]

Radiographers Laura Chambers and Jennifer Walsh demonstrate Wansbeck General Hospital’s replacement dental unit. Wansbeck General Hospital has replaced its dental unit with a Planmeca ProOne Digital Panoramic, that was planned and installed in only two days. Working with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s clinical team, estates department and radiation protection advisor, Xograph Healthcare designed the […]

At Wansbeck General Hospital are Siemens Healthcare UK CT business manager Russell Lodge, radiographers Luci Ramsay and Rachael Hogg, consultant radiologist Dr Margaret Wilkinson, superintendent radiographer Pamela Kitto and Siemens northern sales manager Neil Lincoln. Wansbeck General Hospital, part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, has deployed a Somatom Definition AS+ CT system with syngo.via […]

Pictured from left are InHealth operations director Mike Fox-Davies, chief executive officer InHealth Philip Whitecross, England cricketer Steve Harmison, first patient to be scanned Christine Walker, lead radiographer Lisa Cox, MRI unit manager Tim Hodgson Wansbeck, InHealth regional operations manager Jenny Redman, senior radiographer Arunkumar Metharuparampil.   Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, that provides healthcare […]