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Poole Hospital first NHS Trust to use helium free MR technology
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the first UK hospital to introduce a new kind of scanner, the Philips Ingenia Ambition X 1.5T MR - the UK’s first MR system to enable helium-free operations.
The technology is designed to significantly reduce the chance of potentially lengthy and costly disruptions caused by liquid helium storage challenges, and could change the industry’s relationship with helium by moving from the largest consumer to potentially helium free.
The Ingenia Ambition X not only provides exceptional diagnostic imaging capabilities but can be operated by one person through a guided and intuitive patient set up programme, whereas conventional machines may need multiple people to set up the system for a patient. This freedom could enable clinicians to spend more time with patients, while system improvements can speed up exam times by up to 50% when combined with Compressed Sense software,
which creates composite images so patients don’t spend as long being scanned. The Ingenia Ambition X is helium-free and lightweight, and does not need to be installed in reinforced rooms with complex venting
systems, giving Trusts more freedom when planning where their MR departments and technology are placed. “We are very proud to be first NHS Trust in the UK to offer our patients this breakthrough MR technology,” said David Reed, MRI superintendent, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. “The Ingenia Ambition X will not only ensure high quality diagnostic care but it could also all but eradicate potentially costly disruptions to service arising from loss of helium should a machine lose its magnetism, referred to as quenching. “With MR technology being a high-level investment that needs frequent use to ensure return on investment, removing this problem is of great appeal to the team while knowing that, vitally, it will support us to see more patients more quickly, without compromising quality. This is a new approach to diagnostic imaging and exactly the kind of service we are proud to bring to our community.”
NHS rolls out staff retention scheme as part of Long Term Plan would have left decided to stay.
A scheme that has helped keep more than 1000 nurses, midwives and other clinicians in the NHS will be rolled out to cover staff working in general practice as well as hospitals, according to NHS England. A ‘transfer window’ lets staff move within the NHS between areas while developing new skills. Rewards from local businesses like discount gym membership and targeted mentoring for new joiners are among the incentives used to keep them. Over the last two year the National
Retention Programme (NRP) has seen experts work with 145 NHS Trusts to help them find was to retain staff and figures for the first 15 months shows that more than 1100 who
Analysis shows that the scheme means the equivalent of 800 fewer full-time nurses have left the NHS since the start of the scheme. These reductions mean both national nursing staff turnover rates and clinical mental health staff turnover rates are the lowest they have been for five years.
Now the programme is being rolled out to
other Trusts and expanded into general practice as part of the NHS People Plan. NHS England chief executive, Simon Stevens, said: “As Europe’s largest employer with 350 different types of job opportunity, the NHS has always been an attractive career option for caring, skilled and determined staff.
“Three quarters of our staff are women but only half say the NHS is flexible enough as an employer. So, as well as a need for action on areas such as pensions, it’s right that local NHS employers are now themselves increasingly taking common sense action to support, develop and retain their staff.” As well as prompting hospitals to adopt incentives to stay, Trusts are also offering “itchy feet” interviews where staff get the opportunity to talk to bosses about why they might leave. Analysis also shows that since the beginning of the retention scheme, national nursing staff turnover rates have fallen from 12.5% to 11.9%, and mental health clinical staff turnover rates have fallen from 14.3% to 13.4%.
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