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Siemens Rail Automation has received full System Acceptance from Network Rail for the latest release of their RailCom Manager platform, which facilitates the control of IEC61850 devices within an automated substation. This follows the successful completion of an upgrade of the SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) traction power control system at Network Rail’s integrated electronic control centre in York earlier this year.

A comprehensive four-day training course run by experts from Royal Brompton Hospital and supported by the National Heart and Lung Institute and Siemens Healthcare has been successfully completed by Cardiac Radiologists and Imaging Cardiologists from the UK, Denmark and India. It was designed to provide advanced, practical experience and build knowledge of Cardiovascular CT technology and procedures.

Royal Gwent Hospital, part of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, has bolstered its CT interventional and colonography capabilities as a result of installing a SOMATOM® Definition Edge system from Siemens Healthcare. The system marks the second installation of a Definition Edge by the Health Board, following positive feedback received from staff in the key areas of dose reduction and image quality.

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St Thomas’ Hospital, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, has installed an Artis zeeTM Multi-purpose (MP) system from Siemens Healthcare into its new state-of-the-art Endoscopy Unit. The interventional imaging system is the first in the UK to be installed with a large 56-inch full colour screen. During the installation, Siemens worked closely with the hospital and other providers to supply a fully integrated solution. All the image signals are managed by the Siemens Large Display controller to provide a versatile display and integrate fully with the hospital’s impressive facilities.

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Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, part of the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, has enhanced image quality while simultaneously decreasing dose with the addition of a SOMATOM® Definition Stellar Edge from Siemens Healthcare.

Finbarr Dowling has been appointed Project Director for the new wind turbine manufacturing facilities at Green Port Hull and Paull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, effective from 1st July 2014.

A team of over twenty apprentices from Siemens and the South West Trains-Network Rail Alliance took part in a two-day team-building event at Swanage Railway, dismantling a Class 101 DMU (diesel multiple unit) before it is scrapped.

University Hospital of North Durham, part of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, has recently installed an Artis zeego™ multi-axis system from Siemens Healthcare. The system is integral to the North East’s only endovascular hybrid theatre, allowing clinicians to treat patients with vascular problems in a minimally invasive way to improve quality of care.

Nevill Hall Hospital, part of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, has become the first hospital in the UK to install a SOMATOM® Definition Edge CT system from Siemens Healthcare. The addition of the new system has enabled the hospital to enhance image quality whilst keeping doses to a minimum, allowing for the delivery of rapid and effective diagnostic services.

Pall Mall Medical, a private diagnostic and surgical centre in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, has recently installed three new medical imaging systems from Siemens Healthcare. The MAGNETOM® Aera MR, SOMATOM® Emotion CT and Multix Select DR systems will allow the centre to provide a holistic diagnostic service provision to its patients. The centre, which provides full day care diagnostic facilities and 12 beds, will have the systems in use seven days a week.