Capio Diagnostics UK runs the high-tech imaging and mobile services for Capio Healthcare, Britain’s fourth largest private hospital operator.

As divisions of Swedish-based Capio AB, one of Europe’s leading providers of private healthcare, the companies operate independently.

But, says General Manager Paul Hobson: “We’re very much a single European organisation and it’s important that we have a partner who can offer a seamless European service."

“One of the benefits of working with Siemens Medical Solutions is that there’s a local Siemens representative in all our countries.”

Over the past year the company has purchased a number of static and mobile MRI scanners and a mobile CT scanner from Siemens Medical Solutions.

“As an emerging business we find mobile scanners a cost effective and flexible solution to the scanning requirements of our 21 UK hospitals,” explains Paul Hobson.

“Siemens equipment gives us the versatility to diagnose a whole range of conditions.  The feedback from doctors and patients is very, very good in terms of ease of use and its ability to deliver highquality images and more accurate diagnosis."

We have an excellent relationship, helped by Siemens’ early decision to appoint a single corporate manager across our whole European sector and the hard work we’ve put into understanding how each other’s organisation works.

“And the convenience of being able to set up a leasing arrangement recently through Siemens Financial Services saved us a great deal of time and effort.”