Tony Clayton has been appointed as a Business Development Executive to Siemens Healthcare. Tony will provide support to the Managed Equipment Services (MES) business unit, investigating new business opportunities and supporting existing customer partnerships. He will also help hospital Trusts integrate MES with LEAN philosophies in order to produce fast and efficient methods of workflow. More

Elasticity is an ultrasound technique that provides additional information about the stiffness of breast lesions for a more accurate diagnosis. The ACUSON S2000™ ultrasound system from Siemens Healthcare features eSie Touch™ elasticity imaging to enable this emerging technique. Although mammograms are the standard diagnostic tool for breast scans, ultrasound can be beneficial to patients that need regular examinations or have denser breast tissue such as younger women and patients on HRT. More

Worcestershire Royal Hospital, part of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has ordered a Full-Field Direct Digital Mammography system from Siemens Healthcare. It will be used for symptomatic examinations. More

Siemens Healthcare recently supported the Leeds and Bradford Ultrasound Study Day at the Thackray Museum in Leeds, one of the UK’s leading medical museums. Delegates listened to various talks from eminent speakers on liver and obstetric imaging plus received an informative presentation on the ACUSON S2000™ ultrasound system. More

Musgrove Park Hospital, part of Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, has installed a floor mounted AXIOM Artis zee™ interventional cardiac imaging system from Siemens for coronary angiography, angioplasty and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT). The new equipment replaces an eight year old setup and is the second Siemens cath lab at the hospital. More

The innovative ACUSON P10™ ultrasound system and versatile ACUSON X300™ were recently showcased to HRH The Princess Royal at a special event at The College of Emergency Medicine. The occasion celebrated the college being presented with a Royal Charter in honour of its speciality work in advancing education and research in emergency medicine. More

The Siemens Ysio product team in the UK has achieved the highest number of sales worldwide of the new Digital Radiography (DR) system with wireless detector. Launched at RSNA 2007 and showcased at ECR in March 2008, the Ysio is a versatile general radiography tool for twenty-first century healthcare. Its release into the UK marketplace has been met with enthusiasm and a rapid uptake by hospitals and diagnostic centres. More

Siemens Healthcare will be showcasing its innovative range of ultrasound products at the British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Liverpool, 9-11 December 2008. More

The latest innovation in ultrasound echocardiography has been launched to UK customers. The new ACUSON SC2000 from Siemens Healthcare was showcased at a specially arranged evening in Harrogate prior to the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting and Exhibition in October 2008. More

The programme was set up three years ago to commemorate the work of Ron Grimley, a former Sub Dean and Vascular Surgeon at The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and to celebrate and sponsor the achievements of current post graduate students. More