Siemens Healthineers and MFT : improving patient outcomes
Siemens Healthineers has signed a 15-year deal with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust ( MFT ) - we found out how this will impact the region .
MFT , one of the largest hospital trusts in the UK , has signed a 15-year deal with Siemens Healthineers that will see them upgrading and maintaining all the trust ' s imaging equipment . Nancy West , Head of Enterprise Services at Siemens Healthineers in Great Britain and Ireland , explains that they ’ ll be supporting the Trust in delivering best in-class clinical outcomes and safety , in an environment that will help to enhance patients ’ experience as well as improve staff satisfaction .
" At the core of the partnership is the provision of access to innovative technologies . Over the next 15 years , we ' ll support the imaging team with a technology-refresh programme , and we ' ll manage all of the imaging equipment which will help them solve that continual challenge of how to keep pace with innovations that transform care delivery ” West says .
This will include around 350 installations , covering the selection of equipment , comprehensive training , and world class maintenance support through Siemens Healthineers ' onsite team .
" Working together , we ' ll be embracing the opportunity to change and improve care delivery to help improve the health and lives of many people across the area " West says . " The Value Partnership will see us really very deeply engaged with the team to improve patient pathways from referral right through to reporting , helping to improve diagnostic wait times , which is really important when we consider the impact that COVID has had on cancer and elective operation wait times "
Catherine Walsh , Divisional Director of Imaging for MFT , adds : " In terms of innovation to pathways we absolutely want to work with Siemens Healthineers to provide for patients in response to the local health care plan , making sure that we ' ve got equity of access for patients , and that we ' ve got parity of services across all the sites ."
" We are very excited to have this partnership in place . We ' ve been working on it for a number of years and to see it come to fruition is absolutely wonderful . All our staff are awaiting the go live date - it just consolidates all the effort we put into developing the contract over the last few years . We don ' t see it as a transaction , it ' s a relationship that can only go from strength to strength .”
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