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Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, part of NHS Lothian, has ordered a ceiling-mounted Artis zeeTM interventional imaging system and a MAGNETOM® Aera MR system from Siemens Healthcare to bolster its imaging services. The technology was procured as part of the NHS Lothian imaging equipment replacement programme, meeting the continued requirement to provide optimal diagnostic imaging to patients.

Saint Mary’s Hospital’s ultrasound department sees over 200 patients a day and the hospital delivers up to 9,000 babies a year. Its latest new arrival is an ACUSON S1000™ from Siemens Healthcare to be used for obstetrics and gynaecology work.

Siemens in Lincoln is investing in a new fleet of bespoke vehicles for gas turbine service operations as part of its service strategy focused on delivering ever better service for its customers. The first three vehicles designed for Siemens by QI Van Systems will be deployed from the end of this month in the Lincoln gas turbine service business for use by the field service team. Further investment and wider rollout is expected over the next twelve months across all Siemens gas turbine field service operations in the UK and internationally.

The first Class 700 Desiro City vehicles, built by Siemens for the Thameslink routes, have been put through their paces in a special climate chamber to ensure the vehicles can endure extreme weather conditions.

Siemens Healthcare will demonstrate its range of mammography, ultrasound and MR breast imaging products at Symposium Mammographicum 2014. The exhibition, taking place at the Bournemouth International Centre, will include solutions designed specifically for the provision of Women’s Health, including the MAMMOMAT Inspiration™ Full Field Digital Mammography system with PRIME technology.

InHealth Group, providers of expert diagnostics and healthcare solutions for NHS and private patients throughout the UK and Ireland, has achieved improved imaging results following the installation of ten mobile and portable ultrasound systems from Siemens Healthcare. Patients for non-obstetric ultrasound services will be seen faster than ever before, ensuring vital treatment such as musculoskeletal and vascular procedures are provided as rapidly as possible.

Siemens Rail Automation has successfully completed a series of trials of its Driver Advisory System (DAS) at Network Rails’ ETCS National Integration Facility (ENIF).

Siemens UK will showcase its proven solutions and growing reputation in the UK Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure market at GreenFleet Scotland this week (25 and 26 April) at the Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh. Organised in association with Transport Scotland, the Energy Saving Trust and Scottish Enterprise, the 2-day event includes Evolution, Edinburgh’s Electric Vehicle Site

The biggest traffic signalling upgrade programme in the country was completed in Greater Manchester by Siemens this month with the replacement of a total of 52,000 traditional traffic signal bulbs with longer-lasting and energy saving LED lights across more than 1,800 sites - saving over one million pounds in the process.

The extended Maidenbower Lane Underbridge in Three Bridges, Crawley, has been officially re-opened by local MP Henry Smith who commended the improvements made to this major thoroughfare as part of Siemens Rail Systems’ investment in the new Thameslink rail depot at Three Bridges.

Aintree University Hospital has recently updated imaging capabilities in its Breast Clinic with the installation of an ACUSON S2000TM from Siemens Healthcare. The system, based in the Breast Clinic, was chosen to provide greater image quality. It is used both by the multi-disciplinary breast team and also the general ultrasound department thanks to its ergonomic design.

Marine Current Turbines, a Siemens business awarded £1 million from Regional Growth Fund