About the NHS PET/CT Diagnostic Imaging Service

InHealth has been awarded the NHS PET/CT Diagnostic Imaging Service contract by the Department of Health (DH) for the delivery of PET/CT services at 15 locations across five Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) in the south of England, UK. The service has been designed to meet the specific needs of 11 cancer care networks, and integrate fully with local clinical pathways and protocols. Patients will be seen as close to the local cancer unit as possible.

The service uses mobile units containing 6 slice Siemens Biograph TruePoint PET/CT scanners. The staff are all highly skilled technicians and radiographers. The units visit the following locations: Basildon, Bournemouth, Cambridge, Colchester, Leicester, Maidstone, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Poole, Southampton and Taunton, with urgent cases utilizing InHealth's 16 slice scanners at the static units in London and Nottingham. The service also accommodates paediatric patients who are seen at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London.

We work closely with the UK PET/CT Advisory Board and local cancer networks to provide an effective and efficient service to patients. In addition, to ensure best practice in clinical governance, InHealth has established an Independent Advisory Board, which is chaired by Professor Sir Michael Peckham and includes experts from all the relevant clinical specialities.