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Siemens Magnet Technology (SMT) has successfully achieved the 5-star recognition level in the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Recognised for Excellence programme delivered by the British Quality Foundation (BQF). The 5-star level is the highest achievement in this programme which carries out a peer-assessment and it recognises an organisation that:

Siemens has been selected by Transport for London (TfL) to upgrade and operate the Detection and Enforcement Infrastructure (D&EI) contract for the next 5 years including the supply of equipment, systems and services for monitoring the capital’s traffic as part of TfL’s Low Emission Zone (LEZ) and Congestion Charging schemes.

Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has officially unveiled a SOMATOM® Force in its Radiology Department to bolster its cardiac imaging services. The new technology was launched by Cambridge MP Dr Julian Huppert at the official opening of the system. The CT imaging system will benefit patients by using the lowest achievable dose and provide patients who suffer with shortness of breath with rapid scanning. With approximately half of all the hospital’s CT imaging consisting of cardiac procedures, it is anticipated the system will increase cardiac throughput.

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has become the first in the UK to install the new Symbia Intevo™ xSPECT technology from Siemens Healthcare. The Trust has installed two of the systems, a Symbia Intevo Excel and Symbia Intevo T16 as part of a major upgrade within its nuclear imaging diagnostic facility. The Intevo technology is joined by a Symbia® S multi-purpose SPECT system with the three new installations helping to meet present and future workload requirements within the Trust. le

Siemens today (December 17) began recruiting for jobs based in Hull, just under two years before its wind turbine manufacturing and assembly operations in the city are due to become operational.

Two electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging networks consisting of almost forty QC45 multi-standard EV chargers will be supplied and installed in South Tyneside and Dorset early in 2015 and connected to Charge-Your-Car Back Office as part of two complete EV packages with three years maintenance support provided by Siemens.

Gatwick Airport Limited (GAL) has awarded a new contract to upgrade the first key area of check-in controls in the South Terminal to Siemens Postal, Parcel and Airport Logistics inclusive of design, supply and commission.

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital has officially opened a newly-refurbished Interventional Radiology Theatre that now incorporates a state-of-the-art angiography unit, the Artis zee™ ceiling-mounted system from Siemens Healthcare. The installation of this system will provide the hospital, part of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with the ability to expand and enhance oncology services to patients.

Digital autopsies are set to become an increasingly common practice across parts of the UK with the opening of a number of new facilities providing the service. The digital autopsy facilities will provide comfort to families, in many cases allowing a cause of death to be identified swiftly and with either no or minimal invasion of the body, which in turn can help make the burial or cremation process take place with fewer delays and ease the emotional burden.

The High Value Manufacturing Catapult, which stimulates and supports the commercial application of new technologies through the development of innovative manufacturing processes, has appointed Brian Holliday as non-Executive Director to its Supervisory Board.

Siemens Healthcare recently showcased a growing range of new offerings across its entire imaging and therapy portfolio at the 100th conference of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, U.S.A. Representatives from the company demonstrated how its expanding product portfolio is supporting healthcare providers around the globe to face the challenges of a transforming healthcare system, with solutions that help to provide high diagnostic confidence and efficient workflows.

The first members of the team who will deliver the Siemens wind turbine manufacturing and assembly facility in Hull have moved into new offices in the city.