Cumberland Infirmary
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What We Do
The Cumbria Unit based at the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle provides a range of medical physics services to that and other nearby hospitals, and the Community including:
- Radiation physics - a full range of radiation physics services are provided for the Clinical Oncology Department at Cumberland Infirmary, which sees over 1200 new patients per year, including:
- Radiation dosimetry and associated computing
- Commissioning and quality assurance checks on linear accelerators and other treatment equipment
- Mould Room and treatment aid technology
- Brachytherapy treatments and planning
- Treatment planning (including imaging systems used in radiotherapy)
- Calibration of dosimeters and other instruments
- Shielding design and other aspects of radiation protection
- The development and management of clinical databases with clinical outcome analysis
- Computer network management and development
- Nuclear medicine - over 2200 patient investigations/treatments are provided per annum. Equipment includes large field of view gamma camera and processing workstations, beta and gamma counters and a mass spectrometer for C-13 breath test analysis. The service includes:
- Gamma camera imaging studies of in-vivo radiopharmaceutical distribution
- Non-imaging in-vitro radioisotope tests
- Therapeutic administrations of radioactivity
- C-13 urea breath testing
- Clinical Engineering
- Design and manufacture of assistive technology for people with disabilities
- Regional Rehabilitation Engineering Mobility Service
- Design and manufacture of novel clinical instrumentation
- Planned maintenance and repair of complex radiation equipment such as linear accelerators and CT simulators
- Mechanical and electronic workshop facilities
- Medical device management
- Radiation protection
- Access to radiation protection advice
- Contributions to emergency planning and exercises related to nearby major nuclear site
- General clinical science and engineering
- Interface to further medical physics and clinical engineering expertise elsewhere
Contacting Us
Telephone
01228-523-444 Hospital Switchboard
01228-814-701 Medical Physics only - all other queries please to the Hospital Switchboard
Fax
01228-814-825
Do not fax advertisements, promotions or any other unsolicited mail
Head of Unit
Mr. Jim Methven
Postal address
Regional Medical Physics Department
Cumberland Infirmary
Newtown Road
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA2 7HY
