Whittington Hospital

Medical equipment service provider Althea and its majority shareholder have announced the commitment of over £100,000 in charitable donations to support the COVID-19 relief efforts of four NHS charities. The donations will provide aid to NHS staff working on the front line, enabling access to food, essential supplies and equipment, and ensuring they can safely […]

Whittington Hospital in London has selected two Samsung machines, supplied by MIS Healthcare, for obstetrics and gynaecology diagnostic ultrasound. Although the Hera W10’s primary use is for obstetric scanning, the team also utilises the platform for applications including general abdominal, MSK and gynaecology including 3D transvaginal scanning. The W10s are managed and procured by Althea. […]

Managed service and maintenance provider Althea has completed a £4 million refurbishment and replacement project at Whittington Health NHS Trust’s imaging department. New diagnostic imaging equipment, which was updated and installed over a two-year period, includes 14 ultrasound systems, a CT scanner, a fluoroscopy system, five digital x-ray rooms, two mobile x-ray machines, a digital […]

CT radiographer Mustafa Hassan with Fairford Medical clinical manager David Doherty. Whittington Hospital, London, is undergoing a full departmental renovation that will span a two-year period.  The initial phase includes the replacement of its current CT system, which meant an interim mobile CT solution was required.  Fairford Medical delivered and commissioned a Canon Medical Systems […]

Hitachi applications specialist Shada Sadr-Azodi,  senior sonographers Enkelejda Cela and Jeremy Currie, sonographer Kavina Patel, superintendent sonographers Jigna Patel and Irena Valchera, senior sonographer Bharati Kapadia and radiology manager Recep Suleyman. The Whittington Hospital has taken delivery of an Arietta V70 system from Hitachi for obstetric ultrasound. As a previous user of Hitachi Aloka ultrasound […]

Signing the agreement are Sectra md Jane Rendall and Whittington Health ceo Dr Yi Mein Koh.  Behind them are Sectra sales and deployment director Bob Childe, Whittington Health imaging manager Recep Suleyman, Sectra account manager David Bowen, PACS manager Mahera Chaudry, Whittington Health IT director Glenn Winteringham, chief information officer Dr David Grant and PACS […]

Toshiba clinical applications support specialist Filia Aristidou at Whittington Hospital with ultrasound superintendent Irena Valchera and principal sonographer Jigna Patel. Whittington Hospital, London, has purchased a Toshiba Medical Systems Aplio 400 ultrasound scanner for its obstetric work, primarily for dating and nuchal translucency scans. Ultrasound superintendent Irena Valchera said: “We were impressed with the quality […]

The Oncology Team of the Year 2010   Cancer teams working with NHS Improvement have dominated the Pfizer Oncology Awards, with London’s Whittington Hospital named Oncology Team of the Year 2010 and Glenfield Hospital in Leicester highly commended.   NHS Improvement is now encouraging NHS cancer networks and trusts nationwide to adopt the model locally. […]