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2020 – An unprecedented and record-breaking year for Cobalt
2020 – An unprecedented and record-breaking year for Cobalt As we welcome 2021, we look back at a very unusual 2020 but one in which Cobalt has supported a record number of patients working with the NHS throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. When the … Read more
Cobalt’s CT Scanner Mobile Units Arrive at Thurrock Community Hospital
Lung Health Checks Scanners Have Arrived In Thurrock The long-awaited Targeted Lung Health Checks for Thurrock have begun with the first CT scanner mobile units arriving at Thurrock Community Hospital. The mobile units, provided by Cobalt Health … Read more
Lung cancer screening: The slow return of mobile units
The coronavirus pandemic has had a severe impact on healthcare services but one area where that has been felt particularly deeply is with lung cancer screening. With sessions cancelled, treatment delays and social-distancing and safety … Read more
World Radiography Day – 8th November
Today is World Radiography Day (WRD) which marks the anniversary of the discovery of x-radiation by Willhelm Roentgen in 1895. We interviewed our CT Mobile Operations Manager, Dhaanish Parvez to find out what is it like working at the leading … Read more
The Clive and Sylvia Richards Charity enables medical Charity Cobalt to support thousands of patients during COVID-19 pandemic
Cobalt Health (Cobalt) is a medical charity supporting the NHS with state-of-the art diagnostic imaging. Cobalt is also the leading provider of lung cancer screening, working in partnership with the NHS. The Clive and Sylvia Richards Charity … Read more
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
We are proud to support patients with specialist Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) scans of the prostate. These specialist scans enable a timely and accurate diagnosis, helping to … Read more
Cobalt publishes their ‘Working safely during COVID-19’ document
Cobalt has published a new document today which aims to provide information to patients, visitors and their employees about the ways in which the medical charity is working safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been developed based on the … Read more
Cobalt has an important role helping the NHS to tackle Coronavirus
Cobalt is supporting the NHS locally and nationally during the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency. The Imaging Centre on Thirlestaine Road in Cheltenham is providing urgent scans for cancer patients to enable them to continue with their treatment … Read more
1,000th participant completed Lung Health Check!
Cobalt works in partnership with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Siemens Healthineers to provide the first commissioned lung cancer screening programme in the UK. This week the 1,000th participant completed the Lung Health Check … Read more
‘Lung Health Checks’ to help improve lung cancer survival rates
Clinicians at Wythenshawe Hospital, part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust launched a new initiative to help improve early diagnosis for lung cancer and other respiratory conditions across North and East Manchester at an exciting … Read more