This is a round-up of global ultrasound research and deveopment news. Please note, these articles do not necessarily represent the views of Wessex Diagnostic or those associated with us. 22.2.22 Low cost, 3D printed device may broaden focused ultrasound use These ultrasound features distinguish between COVID vaccine-related and malignant adenopathy 23.2.22 New artificial intelligence tool detects often overlooked heart diseases…
Here’s our latest round-up of global medical ultrasound news – 18th February 2022. This is an overview of some of the latest research, summaries and opinion articles, and does not necessarily represent the views of Wessex Diagnostic. 20.1.22 Accuracy of Acceleration Time of Distal Arteries to Diagnose Severe Peripheral Arterial Disease20.1.22 Spring Vascular Ultrasound Imaging course 24.1.22 Intestinal ultrasound effective…
ULTRAssurance: New branding for our Ultrasound Quality assurance scheme Wessex Diagnostic is pleased to announce the launch of the new ULTRAssurance quality assurance (QA) scheme, providing Independent and Objective ultrasound system QA testing for hospitals, clinics and private practices. Over 9 million ultrasound scans were undertaken by the NHS between June 2020 – June 20211 – only 1 million less…
As we have been running ultrasound training for many years, it is time to review what we actually provide in line with the current CPD point system. Across the board, and specifically within the sector, the medical Royal Colleges have collectively agreed to award CPD credits on the basis of one credit per hour of teaching, learning or reflection. We…
10.3 million ultrasound scans were undertaken in NHS facilities in 19-201, making them the second most widely undertaken diagnostic scan in the UK. This number has growth by 31%, in only 8 years since 2012-131, and with more specialities coming onboard, this is set to increase. This growth of nearly a third, reflects a huge increase in demand for diagnosis…
2021 a new era Wessex Diagnostic is pleased to see that a new era is arriving as the first vaccines for Covid-19 are being rolled out. This allows us to start making plans for our 2021 training programme. Education courses that have a practical ultrasound scanning focus lose too much by becoming online courses, so these have been delayed to…
NICE have released new Covid-19 guidelines for arranging diagnostic services and planned care in hospitals, for all health and care staff involved in planning and delivering services and commissioners. This includes both online guidance and the opportunity to download the 17 page document here. To support the guidance, NICE have also created a useful, one page summary sheet found here.…
We are very excited to announce the launch of our new website! After four months of hard work we are pleased to go public and open up bookings for next year’s courses. Our goals were to make the site faster, make it easier to use, include a search option and increase the number of functions.These new features now include: Online…
The last few months have seen some difficult times surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic and we hope you and your families are all well. We have been carefully monitoring the situation and have been taking advice from organisations and professionals within the sector. Wessex Diagnostic have always strived to provide regular courses but in light of the continuing situation, future uncertainty…
Due to the nature of the situation with Covid-19, the Carotid Ultrasound and the Introduction to Ultrasound Imaging course are postponed and all delegates have been contacted directly. We will automatically transfer everyone to the re-scheduled course date. We are hoping that the next course will be the Vascular Ultrasound course on September 22-23rd in Manchester but this will be…