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Siemens Healthcare has launched a new platform with the potential to change how molecular imaging is performed. The Symbia Intevo™ is the world’s first xSPECT system. It combines the high sensitivity of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with the high specificity of CT, completely integrating the data from the two modalities, to generate high resolution and, for the first time, quantitative images. The system demonstrates Siemens’ innovation and competitiveness, key components of the Healthcare Sector’s Agenda 2013 two-year initiative.

Siemens Subsea based in Ulverston, Cumbria has joined forces with 25 other businesses in the local region to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of St Mary’s Hospice. St Mary’s is asking businesses to support its ‘Club 25’ fundraising initiative for 2013 to raise £25,000 for the Hospice, By committing to raise £1,000 each, Siemens and other businesses can help reach the target. The Siemens team has in fact beaten its target!

Siemens Energy Fossil Service in Newcastle has had its approach to occupational safety and health recognised in an awards scheme run by the safety charity, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

Employees at Siemens Subsea in Ulverston, Cumbria have had an action packed 2013 taking part in some of the county’s most challenging sporting events to raise money for local and national charities. With almost 90 employees involved in events throughout the year the Subsea business has raised over £6,000 whilst also getting fit in the process.

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University Hospital of North Durham (UHND), part of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, has recently installed an Artis zeeTM Multi-purpose (MP) interventional imaging system from Siemens Healthcare. The system is located within the Radiology Department and is being used for detailed imaging in diagnostic and interventional procedures.

Siemens, the global engineering and technology company has again demonstrated its leadership in skills and training with the recent launch of its Pre-Employment Programme. Pioneered by Siemens in Lincoln, and aligned to the national Employer Ownership of Skills initiative, its Pre-Employment Scheme aims to provide young people with the skills needed to boost their level of employability and the knowledge to operate effectively in an engineering environment.

The Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm located off the Suffolk Coast has today (Wednesday, 7 August) been opened officially by the UK’s Energy Minister Michael Fallon MP. Greater Gabbard will generate up to 500MW (megawatt) of clean electricity for homes in the region.

Manchester Royal Infirmary, part of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, recently unveiled the latest addition to its state-of-the-art interventional imaging technology in the Interventional Radiology Suite. World Cup winner and Manchester City FC player, Patrick Vieira, cut the ribbon to reveal the new technology which now includes the addition of an Artis zee™ ceiling-mounted system from Siemens Healthcare. The technology is expected to deliver improved productivity, excellent image quality and more efficient dose reduction measures to the benefit of both staff and patients.

Siemens Healthcare has officially opened a dedicated training facility for its syngo clinical imaging solutions. This includes the advanced 3D routine and reading solution, syngo®.via. The syngo Training Academy is located in the Siemens Healthcare Academy Training and Education Centre, a purpose-built facility at the Siemens plc headquarters in Frimley, Surrey. The Academy is running regular courses for syngo customers in the UK and North West Europe on both general and specialised IT topics throughout the year.

Wishaw General Hospital, part of NHS Lanarkshire in Scotland, has recently installed a MAGNETOM® Aera MR system from Siemens Healthcare. It is hoped the new system will expand patient services to include gynaecology imaging and volume scans of the head. It will also continue to provide standard procedures along with neurology, musculoskeletal, Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) and liver imaging.

Siemens Healthcare has welcomed the news that a G8 dementia summit will be hosted by the UK in September this year, paving the way for an international agenda on dementia research. Siemens is pleased to support efforts to improve dementia diagnosis rates with the first commercial doses of Eli Lilly and Company’s AmyvidTM agent also due to begin in the UK this summer. This radiopharmaceutical agent will join Siemens’ existing innovative systems and applications for PET imaging used in the diagnosis and treatment of dementia.