Wirral

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 […]

Deputy radiology services manager Margaret Baird, Canon Medical Systems ultrasound applications specialist Paula Connor, sonographer Janette Ogalino-Gittins (seated), ultrasound manager Gail Green, trainee sonographer Adam Cameron, former Canon Medical Systems sales specialist Lynn Parkington, sonographer Anne Moreton and ultrasound clinical support worker Deborah Smith. Arrowe Park Hospital, part of Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation […]

The new CT scanner at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Wirral. The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has invested £1.4 million in two CT scanners to improve services and bring treatment closer to patients.  A new facility has opened at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Aintree, providing CT radiotherapy planning scans and diagnostic CT scans at this site for the […]

Michelle Cain, Dawn Ledsom, Phil Reynolds and Conor Fitzpatrick will oversee the complete patient journey. The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre has appointed four consultant radiographers as part of an ongoing commitment to improving patient experience. Dawn Ledsom, Michelle Cain, Phil Reynolds and Conor Fitzpatrick have all started their new roles at the hospital in Wirral.  After […]

Pictured at a follow-up meeting at St Catherine’s Health Centre in the Wirral are Vertec product specialist Bill Reid, senior radiographer Janine Stitcher, DXA booking clerk Rita Taylor, senior radiographer Linda Hodge, clinical support worker Suzanne Robinson and deputy radiology services manager Margaret Baird. Wirral University Teaching Hospital (WUTH) radiology department has installed a Hologic […]

Presenting at the stereotactic treatment session is Dr Wilko Verbakel from VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam. Radiotherapy professionals from eight leading UK cancer centres attended a seminar in October to learn more about the use of Varian’s RapidArc system for stereotactic treatments of multiple metastases. They travelled to Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology in the […]

Radiographers Hannah Benson and Emma Reaney, Wolverson engineer Frank Cousins, radiographer Janet Quirk, Wolverson engineer Graham Haslam, superintendent radiographer Barry Jones, care support worker Shirley Eisenberg and radiographers Amy Howard and Sian Gilford. Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, has taken delivery of two digital x-ray room installations from Wolverson X-ray Limited.  They were installed as part […]

Wirral women’s imaging department superintendent radiographer Deborah Meacock, Toshiba Medical Systems sales specialist Bernard Vincent and consultant radiologist and director of breast screening Dr Joyce Magennis. At the newly refurbished Wirral women’s imaging department at Clatterbridge Hospital, two Toshiba Aplio MX systems have replaced older equipment and will provide a breast screening ultrasound service. Consultant […]