National PET Imaging Platform Announces University of Cambridge as Newest Site to Receive Total-Body PET Scanner
August 20, 2025
Cambridge joins NPIP’s game-changing national network of critical imaging infrastructure The National PET Imaging Platform (NPIP) has announced that the University of Cambridge will be the newest site to install a total-body PET scanner, further expanding NPIP’s national network of infrastructure and intelligence. The scanner, funded by an additional £5.5m investment from the UKRI Medical […]
Launch of New Total-Body Scanner Extends UK’s World-Class Imaging Platform to Scotland
June 24, 2025
Revolutionary network of national scanners accelerates diagnosis and drug development to deliver patient benefit Total-body PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scanners are up to 40 times more sensitive, up to 10 times faster and can scan 50% more patients per day than existing machines The National PET Imaging Platform (NPIP) is a national imaging technology network […]
Patient and Ministers Unveil NPIP’s First Total-Body PET Scanner as London Site Becomes Operational
November 28, 2024
Patients are starting to benefit from one of the UK’s first total-body PET scanners, brought to St Thomas’ Hospital in London by the National PET Imaging Platform (NPIP). Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP, […]
National Pet Imaging Platform joins UK Health Data Research Alliance to accelerate data-driven research and enhance patient care
August 7, 2024
At its quarterly board meeting on 14 August, the UK Health Data Alliance (the ‘Alliance’) will formally welcome the National Pet Imaging Platform (NPIP) to its association, bringing the total number of its members to 106. NPIP is proud to join the Alliance’s mission to accelerate improvements in biomedicine, health and care by encouraging widespread […]
Total body PET: Leveraging New Technology and UK Infrastructure to Help Improve Patient Outcomes
August 1, 2024
NPIP Director of Operations and Engagement, Dr Juliana Maynard is featured in radmagazine’s June issue. Click here to read the article in full via the radmagazine website.
Propelling UK Total-Body PET to Transform Patient Outcomes
July 25, 2024
NPIP Director of Operations and Engagement, Dr Juliana Maynard is featured in the National Health Executive magazine’s July/August 2024 issue. The article is available via the NHE website here.
Royal Free London Joins National PET Imaging Platform as Collaborative Partner
January 22, 2024
Building a community of excellence The National PET Imaging Platform (NPIP) is delighted to welcome the Royal Free London as a collaborative partner in bringing revolutionary total-body PET capabilities to the UK. Launched in October 2023, NPIP is the UK’s first-of-its-kind national total-body PET platform for drug discovery. Funded through a £32m investment from the UK […]
UK launches its first national total-body PET platform for drug discovery
October 5, 2023
Patients to benefit from game-changing full-body scans to provide a richer picture of human health for clinical research. A partnership between Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC), the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Innovate UK will deliver scientific breakthroughs with the launch of the UK’s first-of-its-kind national total-body positron emission tomography (PET) imaging platform for drug discovery. […]