Vertec United Kingdom

Vertec's mascot, "Walter" is making his way around the world again visiting all our friends.

Travel:

Uk to Las Vegas:
8,300 km

UK to South Afrcia:
9,012 km

UK to Seattle:
7,723 km

TOTAL Milage:
25,035 km

Walter's Current location: LONDON

Map of Walter's Visits

Our Team

Management Department

Bill Hipgrave

Bill Hipgrave
Managing Director

Originally trained as an engineer, Bill has been with Vertec since 1987. Initially employed as Technical Manager, Bill built up Vertec's service and support department into its current form. Bill has extensive experience in the Bone Densitometry field, having been involved in several early DPA installations prior to the advent of DEXA. He personally installed the first DEXA systems in the UK as well as being involved in several early European installations.

Following the retirement of the company's founder in 2000, Bill was made Managing Director. Under his guidance, the company has built upon its earlier successes and has become the most successful supplier of central DEXA systems in the UK.

Customer Support Department

Vertec maintains state of the art Customer Support to work on any issues you might encounter. Our dedicated professionals can offer their extensive knowledge of our services, including:

Logistics Department

Vertec's logistics and product team are made up of a specialists group in each of the company's main fields.
Each specialist takes responsibility for a particular product line and is able to call on the assistance of any of the others in the team whenever necessary.

All specialists have had full product training by the manufacturer and are fully versed in all aspects of their particular product line.
In addition, they are familiar with arranging leasing, financing etc.

Applications Department

Vertec's Service and Support department currently consists of seven fully qualified, factory trained engineers and technicians.

All of Vertec's engineers have had extensive training on our full product lines. Vertec has service personnel based in our Aldermaston offices, as well as "home based" engineers, to enable us to respond immediately to emergencies. As well as installation and repairs, the team is responsible for all pre-shipment testing and verification of our products. All systems are built and tested in our workshops prior to shipment to the end-user.

Sales Department

Our sales department is committed to customer satisfaction. Our friendly staff is readily awaiting your visit or call and looking forward to a long term relationship with you in the future.

Administrative Department

Vertec's administrative department consists of various departments and divisions that support the operations of the Vertec network and carry out the policy and procedures of management. These departments and divisions also provide internal services, including administration of Vertec's financial affairs, general office support services, human resources, risk management, purchasing and information systems.

Finance Department

The Finance Department is responsible for accounting, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, annual budget, cash management, external audit, Vertec's cashiering, sales tax, as well as the billing functions for the company.

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Breath Hold Monitoring from Vertec: Developed at the Mayo Clinic, the Breath Hold device, manufactured by Medspira and now marketed in the UK by Vertec Scientific, increases radiologists’ accuracy and confidence during needle biopsy of the lung.During scanning, a simple light display allows the patient to visualise their breathing level and consistently return to it during subsequent biopsies. This consistency in breath-hold positioning is crucial as structures can vary one to six centimeters during normal breathing. Reliable positioning of the target lesion allows for increased rates of nodules being accessed in one needle puncture and a decreased numbers of imaging steps. The decrease in imaging steps during the biopsy reduces the procedure time. Breath Hold provides a faster procedure and also a safer one. Reduced imaging steps means less radiation exposure for both the patient and radiologist. Intermittent imaging has the additional advantage of virtually no radiation exposure for staff as they can leave the room during imaging steps. Increasing the accuracy of the needle biopsy also reduces the post-procedure complications. Confidence in needle placement reduces needle manipulation during the procedure and invasive surgical biopsies can be avoided. Before Breath Hold, nodules considered too small or inaccessible for needle biopsy were either surgically accessed or left to become larger. Comments Tim Anderson of Medspira, “The Mayo Clinic was able to increase their number of needle biopsy cases seen by interventional radiologists by 30-40% because Breath Hold increased their confidence in adequate sampling during needle biopsy.”