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Opening for PET CT Scanner
Thanks to the community’s generosity, the hospital can offer the most cutting edge service currently available to its patients.
Opening for Pet/Ct Scanner
Professor Erika Denton, National Clinical Director for Diagnostics, has officially opened a new state-of-the-art PET/CT Scanner at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire - less than a year after a £3 million fundraising appeal was launched. The majority of the funds came from a near £2 million legacy-gift, while Keele gave almost £1 million via the universities' matched capital funding scheme. Professor Andy Garner, Dean of Health and a Non-Executive at the Trust, said: “I’m delighted to see the scanner in place. This is such a wonderful news story for patients that will enable a significant increase in clinical research activity.”
An appeal was launched for the remaining £250,000 with hundreds of families and businesses holding events throughout the year to support the cause. Among those who supported the appeal was 74-year-old Ron Alcock, from Cheadle, who gave £1,000 of his own money after his wife Jeannette died of leukaemia in 2009, aged 68. Ron said: “Hopefully this piece of equipment will help to save many lives.”
Professor Erika Denton - who later gave a lecture entitled ‘The New Structure of the NHS and the Implications for Imaging’ to a capacity audience in the Lecture Theatre at the Undergraduate Medical School Building - said: “This was a fantastic appeal and the response was wonderful. Thanks to the community’s generosity, the hospital can offer the most cutting edge service currently available to its patients.”
Under a Service Level Agreement, ISTM researchers and UHNS clinical trialists have an alllocation of dedicated time on the new PET/CT Scanner - for information contact Andrea Clarke, Directorate Manager for Imaging at UHNS (Andrea.Clark@uhns.nhs.uk).
In the photograph above, Professor Garner and Professor Denton are pictured with Steve Rushton, UHNS Charity Manager.< back
