{"id":262218,"date":"2025-07-13T18:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/262218\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T18:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:22:15","slug":"new-mri-building-under-construction-at-andover-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/262218\/","title":{"rendered":"New MRI building under construction at Andover hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The facility, located at Andover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk\/topics\/andover-war-memorial-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">War Memorial Hospital<\/a>, will form part of the Andover Community Diagnostic Centre and is designed to improve access to advanced diagnostic imaging.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It will house a new MRI scanner alongside the existing CT building, as well as a modern reception and clinical areas to support patient care.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>A ground-breaking ceremony was held to mark the start of construction of the MRI building. (Image: Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) Alex Whitfield, chief executive officer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk\/topics\/hampshire-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust<\/a>, said: &#8220;This valuable new addition to our Andover Community Diagnostic Centre will make a real difference to so many of our patients, improving access to diagnostic imaging and offering an even greater patient experience using the latest technology.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We\u2019re looking forward to be able to open the doors to this fantastic facility very soon \u2013 a big thank you to all our colleagues and partners who have enabled us to reach this major milestone.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Construction began following a ground-breaking ceremony attended by staff from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk\/topics\/hampshire-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust<\/a>, project supporters and contractors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The building is expected to be completed and operational later this year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The MRI facility aims to provide better and more efficient patient access to scans, as well as an enhanced patient experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The facility, located at Andover War Memorial Hospital, will form part of the Andover Community Diagnostic Centre and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[105,4348,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-262218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114847320800801895","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}