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£1.7m second CT Scanner installed at Horton
03/05/2023
“This is a great investment in improving patient care for the people of Banbury and its surrounding area”
A brand-new CT Scanner at the Horton General Hospital will help to reduce waiting lists and the need for people to travel to other hospitals. The project to instal the scanner cost £1.7m.
The Horton was the only acute hospital site within the Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire Integrated Care System that did not have two CT scanners. This meant that both emergency department patients and inpatients needing scans during any planned or unplanned downtime had to travel to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
The Oxford University Hospitals Trust, which runs the Horton General, acquired the new Siemens GoTop CT scanner. It is expected to undertake approximately 1,000 outpatient scans monthly, with each scan taking around 15 minutes.
Biopsy capacity will also be increased, saving patients time and money going to Oxford to complete scans.
Having two CT scanners operational at the Horton General Hospital means one scanner can focus on more interventional scans such as biopsies, cardiac, CT Colonography and other outpatient type scans. Meanwhile the second scanner can scan both outpatients, emergency patients and other inpatients more efficiently.
Six members of staff will be running both scanners.
Sara Randall, Chief Operating Officer, Oxford University Hospitals said: “I would really like to thank everyone who has worked so hard in the procurement and installation of the new CT scanner. This is a great investment in improving patient care for the people of Banbury and its surrounding area, and is part of our programme of investment in the Horton General Hospital.”
Toni Mackay, Operational Service Manager Diagnostics, Oxford University Hospitals said: “This is a great investment in equipment and staffing at the Horton, providing resilience and supporting both emergency and elective patients. The staff have been amazing managing the service both with a mobile scanner and during the installation works.”
Tracy Condon, Radiology Site Lead, Horton General Hospital, CT Modality Lead, Oxford University Hospitals said: “This is an exciting time for the Radiology Team at the Horton General Hospital who have worked through the challenges of installing the new scanner and are embracing developing new skills and the ability to maintain a continuous excellent CT service to all inpatients and outpatients of Banbury and the surrounding areas.”
Published: by Banbury FM Newsteam