New site at Ramsay Rivers Hospital
Following the success of the Department of Health, NHS scheme to deliver PET/CT scanning across the south of England, it has been agreed that InHealth will add an additional site at the Ramsay Rivers Hospital in Sawbridgeworth. The Service is currently delivered from Basildon and Colchester, with patients travelling for this specialised scan. Patients will now have the choice of all three locations.
The weekly service is expected to start on the 1st April 2011. The unit, which contains the scanner, is a purpose built facility with dedicated patient rest areas and a modern PET/CT scanner. Whilst on site it is connected to the hospital and operated under the authority of the Nuclear Medicine Consultant. Up to 14 patients will be scanned in any one visit with results and images available to the Oncologists within 48 hours, following reporting by local Nuclear Medicine clinicians.
