Updated 23 June 2022
Alliance Medical Newcastle PET-CT service is an independent provider registered with CQC since 2020. It is located within the Freeman NHS hospital and is registered to provide the following regulated activities to the whole population (adults and children):
• Diagnostic and screening procedures
The service has a manager registered with CQC.
The service provided Positron Emission Tomography - Computed Tomography (PET-CT) imaging for NHS and other funded (insured and self-pay) adults and children. PET-CT produces images showing how the cells of your body are functioning. By combining PET and CT in a single scanner, images are produced which can reveal information regarding the exact location, size, nature and extent of disease anywhere in the body with much greater detail.
The service had one static scanner with waiting and recovery areas and separate changing rooms.
Our inspection was unannounced (staff did not know we were coming). This was the first time we had inspected this service.