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South Warwickshire Trust ramps up CT imaging capacity to meet demand
The impact of COVID-19 at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust has increased demand for chest scans, created a backlog of routine patient scans, and increased time for cleaning scan rooms between patients. It is estimated that an extra 62 hours of CT scanning time is required per week. To meet imaging demand, NHS England has allocated Stratford Hospital with one of fifteen specially commissioned CANON Medical relocatable CT Scan Units. The cost has been met by NHS England and
NHS Improvement’s COVID-19 recovery fund. Helen Lancaster, director of operations
at the Trust, said: “Demand for CT scans has grown significantly and is unlikely to decrease given the changes required in cancer pathways and diagnostic techniques. With the added impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the Trust’s capacity to perform many diagnostic procedures, the implementation of the CT scanner at Stratford Hospital is significant in ensuring our patients are seen and treated as soon as possible. “The relocatable CT scan unit was quickly designed and manufactured at the start of the Coronavirus crisis,” commented Mark Hitchman, MD of Canon Medical. “It is a quick-to-deploy solution for hospitals needing additional imaging capacity for routine work, or a separate red / infectious zone to keep COVID-19 risk patients separate. It can be sited without building works or hospital reconfiguration in car parks.”
Reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission
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