Regional Medical Physics

Medical Physics and Bioengineering Services

The Medical Physics Department within the Newcastle Hospitals Trust is a regional centre of scientific, technical and community support. We are the largest such department in the UK, providing a diverse range of routine and specialist services for adults and children.  

Our specialist clinical scientists and engineers combine their expertise with an innovative approach to old and new technologies and treatments, and are dedicated to providing a safe, high quality service to all who come to its centres at the Freeman, Newcastle General and the Royal Victoria Infirmary hospitals.

Our diagnostic and community services are available to anyone who lives in and around the North East of England. While highly specialist services, may be offered elsewhere in the UK.

Patients are usually referred by hospital consultants of the Trust but we also receive referrals from other hospitals, if they do not have the necessary expertise in their locality.

The Department offers direct clinical, scientific, technical and community services including:

• Bone Mineral Measurement     
• Nuclear Medicine  
• Ophthalmology       
• Photobiology  
• Rehabilitation Engineering Mobility Service    
• Doppler Ultrasound 
• Microvascular Measurement      

Through close collaboration with clinical services, we offers indirect but still patient focussed, scientific and technical support activities including:

• Audiology and vestibular function
• Laser Doppler Imaging  
• Regional Technical Aid Service 
• Mould Room
• Physiological Measurement :  
  • Back shape
  • Anorectal Physiology   
  • Spinal Cord Monitoring
  • Biliary Manometry
• Critical Care Physics

We also provide ssential technical and scientific support which underpins all of these clinical areas of activity including:

• Audiometer calibration and repair
• Clinical Engineering
• Diagnostic Radiology Quality Assurance (QA)
• Equipment Management
• Equipment Evaluation
• Precision (Mechanical) Workshop activity
• Radiation Physics
• Radiation and Laser Protection
• Training, Ultrasound
• Ultrasonics QA,
• X-ray QA