Search Tag: UK
2020 29 Apr
In terms of radiologist workforce, NHS hospitals have a marked shortfall of 33%, highlighting the health system's huge pressure in providing the necessary imaging and interventional services during the COVID-19 pandemic. You might also like: Bridging the Radiologist Staffing Gap with New Training Initiative To cover radiology...Read more
2018 17 Jul
The National Health Service (NHS) was created to provide medical care for all, free at the point of use. Now 70 years old, it is a national treasure under intense strain, battling to provide the best modern medicine to an ever-growing, ageing UK population. Both radiology and clinical oncology are vital to the health service. Most patient diagnoses...Read more
2016 09 Jan
An audit of communication of significant radiology findings reveals wide variation in practice across the UK with regard to the communication and monitoring of radiology reports, with many radiology departments/trusts not fully compliant with published UK guidance. Results of the audit are published in the journal Clinical Radiology . The imaging...Read more
2013 13 Jun
New analysis of breast cancer mortality data over almost 40 years concludes that breast cancer screening does not yet show an effect on mortality statistics. The research, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, analysed mortality trends before and after the introduction of the UK's National Health Service Breast Screening Programme...Read more
2013 20 May
A best practice guide on referring patients for imaging has been published by the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Radiologists and the Society and College of Radiographers in the UK. The guide outlines improvements for patients by ensuring that timely and appropriate medical imaging services such as scans are provided to...Read more
2013 09 May
Up to 85% of technologies developed globally never make it to the commercial world. Business and investors need to closely assess the potential of a given technology platform to understand the true market prospects it holds and to evaluate the risk-reward elements. 50 of the most innovative technologies in the world identified by Frost & Sullivan...Read more
2013 06 May
The medical imaging IT company, Sectra has been awarded a 10 year contract from the Whittington Health NHS Trust to supply medical imaging IT systems. Sectra’s solution will facilitate a more efficient image and information-management workflow within the hospital, and make images and information available to authorised radiologists and referring...Read more
2013 02 May
Siemens Healthcare Customer Services is supporting Spire Southampton Hospital’s diagnostic imaging department through the use of a new remote troubleshooting service - syngo® Remote Assist. The hospital uses a SOMATOM® Definition AS CT system from Siemens Healthcare to perform a number of imaging exams. It was recently required to undertake a challenging...Read more
2013 11 Apr
In future 81 percent of people in the UK will be living in urban areas, there will be 200 million connected devices and one in four British citizens will be shopping online the highest number in the world, per capita. The over 65s will represent one fifth of the population, becoming one of the largest consumer groups with increasing healthcare needs....Read more
2013 15 Mar
How many new radiologists graduate each year in the UK? The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) will recommend around 190 clinical radiologists per annum for their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), although there are natural fluctuations in this figure. The numbers of clinical radiologists receiving their CCT is rarely the same year on year....Read more