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HEALTHCARE scientist received acclaim for a pioneering project to improve patient care.
A former
healthcare scientist, Ian Cumming, who has 25 years' experience in the NHS, is moving from the same position at NHS North Lancashire in early June.
Latest recruits include Debbie Sandford, who has taken up a post as audit administrator; documenting clerk Brenda Parsons and assistant
healthcare scientist Ning You.
The retired
healthcare scientist said the gift was a way of saying thank you for a banana handed to her by the Queen Mother when she was four years old.
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HEALTHCARE scientist has received acclaim for an pioneering project to improve patient care.
Healthcare scientist, Dr Jonathan Reeves, from The Royal London's clinical physics clinical academic unit, said: "By the end of the two years, we hope to have a tested thermal device ready to be trialled within a large scale clinical study."
Healthcare scientist Steve Cotterill said the equipment would also avoid a lot of repetitive strain injuries suffered in the department as, with the old equipment, staff had to spend up to three hours a day manually working the machine.
Anne Burge, a neuro-physiologist
healthcare scientist based at City Hospital in Birmingham, was made an MBE for her services to physiological sciences.
Chief scientific officer Sue Hill said: "These awards celebrate the tremendous achievements of the
healthcare scientist workforce highlighting the skills and talents of a workforce that often prefers to remain in the background.".
Neurophysiology
Healthcare Scientist, City Hospital, Birmingham.
INNOVATIVE:
Healthcare scientist across the country will be opening their departments to school and college students to give talks and lectures on the vital and innovative work they do
For those considering returning to the NHS as a healthcare professional (nurse, midwife, health visitor, allied health professional or
healthcare scientist), refresher courses and financial assistance are available.