£8 million equipment replacement project underway at Norfolk hospitals
The replacement programme is being carried out over the next 10 months.
The Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust say it's one of the biggest equipment replacement projects it's carried out.
It will see the change-out of four MRI scanners and a CT scanner which are over 13-years-old.
Work started this week and included the reconfiguration of the Radiology department at NNUH to allow for the integration of the new CT scanner.
On 14th November the current MRI scanner at Cromer and District Hospital will be decommissioned and craned out of the building,.
It means patients in North Norfolk who require an MRI scan will be referred to NNUH for the following three months until the new machine is operational.
According to the Trust the new equipment will provide an improved quality of imaging, patient safety improvements, efficiencies, and improved patient and staff experience.
Dr Rayhaan Rahaman, NNUH Chief of Imaging, said: "This significant investment will make a huge difference to patient care with improved imaging and reliability, which will also benefit the Trust with research and training.
"Having the latest state-of-the-art scanners will help the Trust to recruit and train future radiographers who provide a vital role to help diagnose cancer and a host of other conditions."
To maintain scanning capacity during the works, additional mobile scanners will be operating at NNUH.