Yeovil District Hospital

Yeovil District Hospital, which is now part of the newly formed Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has, for the third time, chosen a Hologic DXA scanner supplied by Vertec Scientific based on the ‘excellent’ track record and customer support. The department performs a number of scans including bone densitometry, vertebral fracture assessment, single energy femur scans […]

The roll out of Canon Medical CT Scan Units as part of NHS England’s COVID-19 recovery plan continues, with the delivery of a facility to Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It will increase the number of scans carried out in the area by 20 per cent and reduce waiting times for diagnostic CT imaging. […]

Pictured at Yeovil District Hospital during a follow-up visit to see how staff are getting on with a new Hologic Horizon W system is DXA scanning lead Chris James and Vertec product specialist Bill Reid. James commented: “Yeovil Hospital has a brand new Hologic Horizon which replaced a Hologic Discovery that was over ten years […]

Agfa HealthCare imaging business manager John Flavell, diagnostic services manager Fiona Rooke, Agfa general manager Grant Witheridge, radiographers Lydia Herbert and Rhiannon Robb, Agfa key account manager Ges Shilvock, superintendent radiographer Penny Parcell. Yeovil District Hospital’s positive experience with Agfa HealthCare’s DR Retrofit solutions has led it to replace an existing third party x-ray unit […]

Seated in front are diagnostic services manager Fiona Rooke, superintendent radiographer CT/MRI Samantha Kibby, radiology assistant Catherine Howard and senior radiographer Kate Howells.  Standing are Toshiba Medical Systems account executive Megan Newberry and senior CT applications specialist Mark Condron, deputy superintendent radiographer CT/MRI Simon Jones, Toshiba CT applications specialist Graham Martin and consultant radiologist Dr […]

Superintendent radiographer Penny Parcel, Agfa HealthCare key account manager Ges Shilvock and senior radiographer Angela Tadd. Yeovil District Hospital has upgraded two x-ray rooms with the DX-D 30C direct radiography Retrofit solution.  Implemented as part of Agfa HealthCare’s Fast Forward to Digital Program the solution is said to have improved imaging speed and quality at this […]

Radiographers Richard Newman and Alice Milligan, Carestream key account manager Tim Kilby and diagnostic services manager Fiona Rooke. The radiology department at Yeovil District General Hospital in Somerset has purchased a Carestream DRX-Revolution x-ray system to enable faster mobile imaging. Diagnostic services manager Fiona Rooke said: “Rapid image acquisition and the ability to check images […]

Signing the contract for a Carestream Health RIS/PACS are Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Jo Cubbon, Carestream Health UK managing director Charles McCaffrey and Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Paul Mears. Carestream Health is to supply its latest RIS/PACS solution to Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Yeovil […]