Cobalt Imaging

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We are looking for fresh new talent. Are you an experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated MRI radiographer? Chance to join our expanding MRI team working within the Imaging Centre in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and also at various mobile locations around the UK. Check out our latest vacancies. You might just fit the bill. https://www.cobalthealth.co.uk/cobalt/car eers/

For all radiologists, oncologists and physicians we are pleased to welcome Bal Sanguera on Friday 7 September on 'PET-CT national harmonisation study with Chief Scientific Office'
Dr Bal Sanguera is Chief Scientific Officer’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate at the Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital.
Light refreshments provided at 18.30pm for 19.00pm. Booking essential. Please contact education@cobalthealth.co.uk to book your place or for more information.

This week has been MRI Safety Week promoting excellence in MRI safety.
To promote best practice and excellence in MRI Safety week, a series of short advice sheets were published by the @thebritishinstituteofradiology which have been put together by the BIR Magnetic Resonance Special Interest Group with support and advice from the IPEM MR Special Interest Group.
The sheets briefly describe commonly encountered MR Conditions, why they are important and where to find further in...formation.
If you missed them, catch them here https://www.bir.org.uk/…/july/mri-safet y-week-advice-sheets/
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All GPs, physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors, join us for this One Stop Clinic series evening on Wednesday 26 September.
We are pleased to welcome Dr Umesh Udeshi, Consultant Radiologist. Title of lecture tbc.
Light refreshments provided at 18.30 for 19.00. Booking essential.
... Please contact education@cobalthealth.co.uk to book your place or for more information.
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Colleagues from our Trusts and @Glos_CareNHS were given an overview of our joint work yesterday evening. Prof Gordon Wilcock shared a dementia research update at Cobalt School of Clinical Imaging in collaboration with @2getherTrust for professionals who work with dementia patients. Making lives better through dementia research together #dementiaresearch.

Are you enthusiastic about MRI and able to deliver training in a healthcare setting?Check out our latest vacancy. http://ow.ly/t2rd30kRJB5

Come and see us at Stand 64 if you are at UKRC. You could win a Go Pro 5. It's only day 2 but our CEO Peter Sharpe has met with Siemens Healthineers UK M.D. Peter Harrison and we have spoken to lots of delegates and given away plenty of Cobalt goodies. Our education on the stand has been a roaring success. Don't forget to come and see us and have a chat with our people on the stand for more information about what it is like to work here and what we do at Cobalt. https://www.cobalthealth.co.uk/cobalt/car eers/

Education on the stand happening now. Pop along and see us on stand 64.

We're here and all set. Come and see us at Stand 64. It's showtime! Don't forget to check out our website too for the latest jobs and have a chat with our people on the stand for more information about what it is like to work here https://www.cobalthealth.co.uk/cobalt/car eers/

We are all ready for Mr Rick Brown and Dr Matt Shaw's World Cup Special update on sports injuries of the foot and ankle this evening. Do not score an own goal and get on the list for future events. Contact us on education@cobalthealth.co.uk

Alice Roberts was filmed at Cobalt whilst being scanned for this amazing programme looking at whether science can make the perfect body. Take a look. The programme features one of our latest pieces of equipment, the high definition MRI scanner. https://www.bbc.co.uk/…/can-science-mak e-me-perfect-with-al…

Dr Umesh Udeshi, Consultant Radiologist is with us this evening for his lecture on the ‘Structured assessment of MRI in degenerative spine disease’. Dr Udeshi specialises in urological imaging and biopsies and musculoskeletal radiology.
Please contact education@cobalthealth.co.uk for more information about our evening education programme for medical professionals

Mr Ewan Bigsby, Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon specialising in the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand will be joining us this evening for a one stop clinic series. For more information on this and forthcoming education events, please contact education@cobalthealth.co.uk

We are taking a break for bank holiday on Monday 28 May and will be open Tuesday 29 May. Phone lines open at 8am. We are open 8am-6pm for patient bookings and enquiries, Monday to Friday. You can call us on 01242 535900 or email switchboard@cobalthealth.co.uk.

Our cancer prevention team, Sue and Aileen are attending the annual Big Health Check and Social Care Open Day today. The event celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and takes place at Oxstalls Sports Park, Gloucester, aims to help people with learning disabilities stay active and healthy. A wide range of activities will be on offer.
The day educates about, and raises awareness of, the wide variety of inclusive activities and opportunities that are available for people w...ith learning disabilities in Gloucestershire. There will be a variety of sports on offer, including adapted cricket, adapted football, adapted archery, inclusive cycling, inclusive archery, bowls and martial arts.
There will be stalls to browse and other attractions include a sensory room mobile unit, animals from Scrubditch Farm, a police display vehicle, a fire engine, the mounted police, a Stagecoach bus, lift training and the Big Red Bus. Visitors can also try a circus skills workshop, potting plants and making something delicious to eat with the Wiggly Worm Team. The event runs from 9.30am to 4pm.
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We are pleased to welcome Mr Ewan Bigsby who specialises in the hand, elbow and shoulder to run our education lecture this evening.

Local MP talking about Cobalt working with the NHS in the House of Commons last week.

We know you are going to be fantastic! Good luck Roisin Dobbin-Stacey!!

my first MRI at my local hospital didnt go as planned and i had a panic attack. i couldn't face another one.

my consultant referred me to the cobalt for an open MRI.

all the staff were brilliant. i was extremely anxious and they reassured and made me feel relaxed.

much to my amazement i went ahead and completed the scan.

this is a fantastic place and i cant thank the staff enough for their support.

thank you all very much :}

Very impressed with the clinic The politest staff who made you feel very welcome My husband had a Pet-scan and they made him really comfortable and calm would recommend these people to anyone Thankyou very much

Very helpful best place by far friendly staff and very understanding operators of the MRI scan machine. Thank you so much *****

They was the most nicest staff I've ever met. Straight away got seen made sure I was okay and comfortable don't forget warm.

I've been to such a lovely place so warm and welcoming, after it was all finished got made sure I had a drink and snack to make me feel better then called me a taxi when I was ready to go home. Thank you so much you are so kind �

The receptionist was very welcoming, asked if I was warm enough and offered to turn the heating up if I was cold. The staff were excellent, very friendly and made me feel at ease. Would recommend Cobalt to anyone.

Thank you so much for your patience and kindness! You were all fab!

Just wanted to say a very BIG thank you to everyone who had to encounter me on Monday � from checking in to the lovely lady who did the questioner with me (gorgeous ginger hair) even though I was crouched on the floor as sitting in the chair was too painful ! And then the 2 gentleman who did the open mri scan, taking the time to crouch on the floor along side me to chat and reassure me! Then both men took time to get me settled and as comfortable as poss and promised to get it all done as quick as they could. I can't say it will ever be any easier but you all made me feel so much less of a nuisance that I know I was! Again thank you with all my heart for dealing with the nuisance that was me x

I was terrified to have mri as i had one not long ago and only managed 8 min as it was a closed one the staff were grest explained everything i managed 45 min my hole scan the open mri the builiding was very clean staff were perfect thank you very much

I traveled up from cornwall yesterday to have an Mri I am hugely claustrophobic and can’t face any normal Mri scanning machines. But my experience at this clinic was so different. I was still nervous and very apprehensive but the staff where amazing so calming and made me feel like a person and not just a number. My partner was allowed in with me could even hold my hand. I’m not going to say I enjoyed the scan but everything else made it much more bearable. So thank you.

I have had a number of MRI s at JR hospital in Oxford and I hated them! I've always been claustrophobic, but nothing approached the fears and upset of my last one where I was in the old mobile scanner. Here, at Cobalt, the experience couldn't have been more different. In Oxford, the staff are lovely, efficient, kind and calm but of necessity have to process you through like a machine, whereas here they were just as lovely but were more relaxed and explanatory. My daughter came in with me, could hold my hand throughout and it was a totally different experience. It's still not top of my list of favourite things to do but it's bearable! Thank you, Cobalt.

I am claustrophobic and had too have an open mri scan at cobalt. I would like too say thank you too the amazing friendly staff who helped me get through my mri and understood my fears and explained everything too me and my mom who was also allowed in with me too hold my hand through it all. The staff made sure I was comfortable with every step before they proceeded with what they needed too do. I would highly recommend cobalt too anyone that wanted a friendly professional clean and helpful environment too go here. Thank you again too all you amazing staff.

Excellent staff..Patient and caring..I have been here a fair few times now over the last three years and have always experienced first class care and been treated with dignity..Thankyou for your on going care of myself and others..😊

After my mum had a panic attack at hospital when she was about to have an MRI... She was then referred to Cobalt Imaging for an open scan.. We got to have a look around before the scan appointment which was a real help to my mum... Then at the appointment I have to say all the staff were absolutely amazing with my mum and made her so relaxed, and she successfully had her scan! Cannot express enough what a fantastic place this is... Thank you all so much xxx

A great 1st time experience. Easy parking, free wifi and drinks while you wait. Warm, friendly and reassuring staff.

No dramas at all 5*

Would just like to say a massive Thank You to Anthony Wager and Anne Marie and staff at cobalt. I had my 2nd attempt mri in the open scanner yest (fri) and have to say I was so at ease, made all the more easier by friendly and helpful staff. It wasn't a pleasant experience for me at all, especially after my first attempt aborted the scan with a panic attack (apologies for that). Your staff are a credit to your company and I can only thank you and them very much for making my experience easier by being so caring. �

Visited today for a MRI, felt very nervous but the staff were lovely..A very warm thanks to Donna who was so caring and helpful explaining the procedure. Fingers crossed for positive results now.

Very polite staff on reception and very polite staff doing the ct scan . But for some unknown reason by the time I got to my app at the general the cobalt unit had forgotten who I was and didn't recall me being there despite going straight from there to general . Dr urgently wanted to see scan results but because of lack of even acknowledging me was not helpful .

The staff were friendly and welcoming and the whole place was very clean., I didn't relish the thought of having the Mri but if you relax things are not to bad I was just determined to get it over and done with after waiting for such a long time to get one . So thank you colbalt .�

Quite impressed with this centre. Friendly, efficient staff, and also comfortable waiting area for relatives with tea, coffee etc. Only minus was a 30 minute wait after being called through to actually have the scan.