An e-book titled “Guidance on the Personal Monitoring Requirements for Personnel Working in Healthcare” co-authored by Thomas Jupp (Principal Physicist in Radiation Protection) is currently available for free download by IPEM members. The authors set out recommendations designed to help radiation protection practitioners and healthcare workers assess exposure levels for personnel and determine monitoring requirements…
Read MoreGail Distefano, Principal Clinical Scientist at Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RSCH), has been awarded an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship to study at the Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) at the University of Surrey. She will be researching a new method to treat lung cancer with radiotherapy which has received…
Read MoreRoyal Surrey County Hospital has received an international quality mark for its stereotactic radiotherapy treatment. The Trust is one of just a small number of centres in the UK to be Novalis Certified, which is a recognised standard for radiosurgery. Stereotactic radiotherapy is a cutting edge technique that can be used on inoperable tumours and…
Read MoreWELCOME to the Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Therapy Specialist Clinic webpage. This service is dedicated to helping those experiencing tinnitus and/or hyperacusis related distress. The clinic currently runs from Monday to Friday, 9AM-5PM at Royal Surrey County Hospital and every Monday, 9AM-5PM at Ashford Hospital. THTSC offers audiologist-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for tinnitus and/or hyperacusis…
Read MoreRoyal Surrey County Hospital has taken delivery of a brand new state-of-the art radiotherapy machine. The Varian Truebeam linear accelerator arrived at the Trust earlier this year and is the hundredth Truebeam machine installed by the firm in the UK and Ireland. Royal Surrey’s Chair, Sue Sjuve, was joined by clinicians and colleagues from Varian…
Read MoreThe Secretary of State for Health visited St Luke’s Cancer Centre to officially launch an innovative new form of radiotherapy that can target inoperable brain tumours. Jeremy Hunt joined staff, patients and dignitaries at a special ceremony to signal the start of Intracranial Stereotactic Radiotherapy on Friday, December 11. The cutting edge technique, which can…
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