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27 Aug 2014
New CT technology advances capability at Nottingham City Hospital thanks to charitable community donation
Nottingham City Hospital, part of the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, has chosen a SOMATOM® Definition AS+ system to bolster its CT department and enhance patient care during imaging procedures. The system procurement was facilitated by a member of the community, James Redgate, who left a donation to Nottingham Hospitals Charity in his will. The system is imaging up to 30 patients per day, and staff have reported that the simple and well laid out user interface enhances workflow. -
22 Aug 2014
Business Secretary praises Siemens commitment to skills and apprenticeships
Business Secretary Vince Cable MP visited Siemens Mechanical Drives to celebrate the launch of the Government’s new campaign calling on young people to “Get In, Go Far” by choosing an apprenticeship. He praised Siemens commitment to developing engineering skills in Yorkshire, specifically through the backing of the newly proposed University Technical College for the city as well as supporting a number of local apprenticeships at the facility in Leeds. -
20 Aug 2014
King’s College Hospital increases imaging capabilities with two ACUSON S3000s
King’s College Hospital, part of the King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has recently increased its imaging capabilities with the installation of two ACUSON S3000TM ultrasound systems from Siemens Healthcare. The units, which image up to 40 patients per day at the hospital respectively, were primarily chosen for their excellent versatility and imaging capabilities. -
13 Aug 2014
West Suffolk Hospital improves MR diagnoses and expands scope of clinical services
West Suffolk Hospital, part of West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, has been able to increase the clinical offering its expanding MR department provides to patients through the installation of a new system from Siemens Healthcare. The busy department, which currently examines over 10,000 patients per annum, anticipates the new technology will reduce the number of studies patients have to undergo as a result of more detailed MR procedures. -
12 Aug 2014
BRHC supports centralisation of specialist paediatric services with three new C-arms
The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC) is going through an expansion to facilitate the centralisation of all specialist children's services in a single, state-of-the-art children's hospital. To support an increase in workload, the hospital has invested in three ARCADIS® Varic C-arms from Siemens Healthcare to provide treatment for local Bristol children plus specialist care for children across the South West and nationally. -
06 Aug 2014
Siemens’ technology to boost research into green energy management
Students and researchers at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom will be at the forefront of international research into the storage and management of renewable energy, after agreeing a new demonstrator project using Siemens Low and Medium Voltage Division’s innovative Siestorage System. -
24 Jul 2014
Siemens Commissions Huyton to Roby Re-signalling Works
Following a nine day blockade, Siemens Rail Automation successfully commissioned the Huyton to Roby resignalling scheme at 03:08 on 14 July 2014, the first programme to be delivered under the new Network Rail Type 1 Framework Contract. -
24 Jul 2014
Siemens’ David Mushet Carries Commonwealth Games Baton
Just eighteen months after receiving a liver transplant at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, David Mushet, a Regional Finance Manager at Siemens Rail Automation’s Glasgow office, was invited to take part in the Queen’s Baton Relay as part of the build up to the Commonwealth Games. -
24 Jul 2014
Celebration as work begins on Thameslink trains in Hebburn
Production of high-tech electrical components and assemblies for new Thameslink trains started in Hebburn today, marked by celebrations attended by Transport Minister Baroness Kramer, South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council chief executive Martin Swales and The Mayor of South Tyneside, Fay Cunningham. -
17 Jul 2014
First UK HELX Evolution ultrasound installs at The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
North Manchester General Hospital and The Royal Oldham Hospital, both part of The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, have enhanced their breast ultrasound delivery capabilities by becoming the first in the UK to install the newest iteration of Siemens Healthcare’s ACUSON S FamilyTM of ultrasound imaging systems. With clinical technology evolving rapidly, this installation of Siemens’ ACUSON S1000TM ultrasound systems with HELXTM Evolution functionality ensures the Trust can easily upgrade its ultrasound systems for breast imaging with new technologies as they become available. -
17 Jul 2014
Siemens lands new design, supply and integration contract for London Heathrow
A design, supply and integration contract to produce a new integrated baggage traffic system for Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 IB Project (T3 IB) has been awarded to Siemens Postal, Parcel and Airport Logistics by the Heathrow Q6 Delivery Integrator, Mace Group. -
14 Jul 2014
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust boosts efficiency with three Ysio X-ray systems
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has benefited from increased efficiency levels as a result of the installation of a trio of Ysio® wi-D™ systems from Siemens Healthcare at Bassetlaw Hospital, Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Montagu Hospital. The system’s excellent image quality is assisting the hospitals with diagnosis and patients are also benefitting from rapid examination times.