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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.

The Lincs offshore wind farm has today (Thursday) been officially opened by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Lincs is a joint venture between Centrica Energy, DONG Energy and Siemens Project Ventures.

Siemens has announced the signing of a new order with AOE Windfarm Limited (a subsidiary of Velocita Energy Developments) at Ardoch and Over Enoch in Scotland for 5 x 2.3-93 WTGs with 63.3m hub height towers, a total tip height 110m. Siemens will also provide a long-term service and maintenance agreement helping to ensure the continued productivity, reliability and availability of the turbines.

Addenbrooke’s Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has recently installed a ceiling-mounted Artis zeeTM from Siemens Healthcare into its Interventional Radiology Suite. The installation follows the hospital’s recent designation as a major trauma centre for the East of England and will enable the site to expand available services, providing a fast response to trauma cases. The system was acquired via a lease agreement from Siemens Financial Services through independent verification channels which confirmed it as providing the most value for the Trust.

Siemens Healthcare recently hosted a two-day CT user group at Crewe Hall, Cheshire. The forum was designed to share best-practice on CT procedures and extend clinical and technological knowledge. A number of speaker sessions were delivered by delegates on a range of clinical subjects ranging from cardiac CT, new imaging protocols, interventional procedures, CT urograms to CT angiography.

Siemens Healthcare is delivering rapid, real-time support at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital, part of The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, through its customer service support tool, syngo® Remote Assist. The hospital has recently called on the service to enhance its liver imaging procedures and Dual Source CT energy protocols. The application is supporting the hospital’s CT systems including the SOMATOM® Definition AS, Definition AS+ and Definition Flash serving a wide variety of clinical uses from outpatient, cardiac and colonography cases to trauma, emergency intervention and brain perfusion imaging.

The John Radcliffe Hospital, part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, has recently installed a ceiling-mounted Artis zeeTM from Siemens Healthcare. The angiography system is located in the vascular centre and is being used for a range of procedures including vascular, iliac and fibroid embolisation. With a large number of radiographers using the system around the clock, the Artis zee was chosen for its ease of use and dose-saving features.

Congleton War Memorial Hospital, part of East Cheshire NHS Trust, has recently installed a Multix Fusion from Siemens Healthcare. The system replaces a previous X-ray system that had come to the end of its life. Radiographers have remarked on the system’s high resolution images and the detail that they can now perceive along with user-friendliness and its ability to provide rapid image acquisition, helping to improve examination times and patient comfort.

Siemens has been chosen to supply, install and service 76 direct drive turbines at Vattenfall’s onshore wind farm Pen y Cymoedd in Wales. The wind power plant will be developed within the county boroughs of Neath Port Talbot and Rhondda Cynon Taf. The developer, Vattenfall, has contracted Siemens Wind Power to install 76 of its innovative SWP 3.0 direct drive wind turbines. The wind farm, with a total capacity of 228 megawatts (MW) will be the largest project with gearless turbines erected in Wales. It is also the largest ever contract for the Siemens 3MW direct drive turbine signed to date in the UK.

Siemens Healthcare’s Managed Equipment Services (MES) team has been recognised with a Silver Champions Award from Siemens UK for its work in rapidly and effectively setting up an Imaging Infrastructure Support Service (IISS) at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. The award was primarily secured by Trevor Mason, MES Regional Support Manager at Siemens Healthcare who was responsible for the initial delivery of excellent levels of customer service and establishing a robust set of processes for the large-scale 13 year project.

On Tuesday 16 July, 150 employees at Siemens gas turbine manufacturing business in Lincoln got the chance to air their views in a lively Question and Answer