New MRI scanner installed at Community Diagnostic Centre

4 December 2023 A new MRI scanner worth nearly £1.4 million has been lifted into place at the county’s first Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC). The state-of-the-art scanner arrived at Hollinswood House, Stafford Park, Telford on Sunday 3 December and will provide fast and detailed examinations for patients. An MRI scan can be used to examine almost any part of [...]

New MRI scanner installed at Community Diagnostic Centre2024-03-07T13:44:04+00:00

New state-of-the-art MRI scanner unveiled at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

22 March 2018 The Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, Sir Algernon Heber-Percy, has unveiled a new state-of-the-art MRI scanner which has been purchased by the League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). The Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, Sir Algernon Heber-Percy, and Ray Smith, Chair of the League of Friends, unveil the new scanner The League of Friends [...]

New state-of-the-art MRI scanner unveiled at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital2018-03-22T12:02:33+00:00

Lord Lieutenant to unveil new state-of-the-art MRI scanner

15 March 2018 The Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, Sir Algernon Heber-Percy, is to unveil a new state-of-the-art MRI scanner which has been purchased by the League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has replaced its two existing MRI scanners, at RSH and at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, as [...]

Lord Lieutenant to unveil new state-of-the-art MRI scanner2018-03-14T14:15:42+00:00

UPDATE: New MRI scanner installed at RSH

28 November 2017 A new MRI scanner has been lifted into place at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) as part of a £1.7 million investment. The new scanner is lifted into place The scanner – which aims to improve treatment and offer faster and more accurate information – was installed at the Treatment Centre on Sunday (26 November). A [...]

UPDATE: New MRI scanner installed at RSH2017-11-28T15:25:06+00:00

Chief Executive’s explosive mission accomplished

16 October 2017 It is mission accomplished for the Chief Executive of Shropshire’s two acute hospitals, who successfully climbed four volcanoes in five days to raise money for a new state-of-the-art scanner. Simon Wright returned to work this morning (Monday) bruised and little sore, but delighted to have succeeded in tackling Sicily’s “Mighty Four” volcanoes - Stromboli, Vulcano, Salina and [...]

Chief Executive’s explosive mission accomplished2017-11-08T11:34:50+00:00

Huge crane lifts old MRI scanner out of PRH

11 July 2017 A 230ft high crane has now removed an MRI scanner from Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) – to pave the way for a state-of-the-art replacement to be installed later in the summer.   The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) [...]

Huge crane lifts old MRI scanner out of PRH2017-07-11T09:16:18+01:00

Huge crane to lift out old MRI scanner at PRH

30 June 2017 A 230ft high crane will remove an MRI scanner from Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in July 2017– to pave the way for a state-of-the-art replacement to be installed later in the summer. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is replacing its two existing MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanners, one of which is at PRH [...]

Huge crane to lift out old MRI scanner at PRH2017-06-30T14:51:46+01:00