Cobalt is a medical charity providing diagnostic imaging to support the NHS and other healthcare providers
Medical diagnostic imaging clinic & mobile MRI units, offering MRI, CT, PET/CT, X-ray, Ultrasound. A charity helping over 130,000 people a year, affected by cancer, dementia and other serious conditions through imaging, research, education and prevention. Improving diagnosis and the treatment for thousands of people, when they need it most. For every £1 of our total income we spend 88p on our charitable work.
09/10/2025
Earlier today, Cobalt's Operations Manager, Jono Humphris, was interviewed by David Smith on Radio BBC Gloucestershire to talk about Cobalt's involvement in the new head injury / concussion study being launched in collaboration Gloucester Rugby and The Podium Institute for Sports Medicine and Technology at the University of Oxford.
To listen to the 6 minute interview click the link below and fast forward to 1:06:18.
Join David and the team for the essential start to your day in Gloucestershire.
08/10/2025
We’re proud to share that Cobalt has once again been recommended for continual accreditation to ISO 9001.
This recognition highlights our ongoing commitment to quality, continuous improvement, and providing the highest standards of care for our patients and community.
A big thank you to our amazing team for making this possible. 💙
03/10/2025
Breast Cancer Awareness Month ❤🎗
At Cobalt, we’re proud to support breast cancer diagnosis, care and research here in Gloucestershire.
🏢 Since 1990, we’ve helped fund vital services including the Thirlestaine Breast Centre, which delivers over 31,000 mammograms each year and treats around 200 symptomatic patients weekly.
🎀 We’re also committing up to £75,000 this year to fund research nurses, supporting clinical trials with Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
🩷 These nurses helped recruit over 1,300 NHS breast cancer patients onto a key trial, which led to earlier detection of some cancers in participants.
👗 And thanks to a £5,000 grant secured by our Senior Radiographer, Kerry Pawley, patients will soon have access to a specially designed MRI gown, improving comfort and dignity during scans.
Medical charity Cobalt is supporting a new head injury and concussion study being launched in collaboration with Gloucester Rugby and The Podium Institute for Sports Medicine and Technology at the University of Oxford.
Our 3.0 Tesla mobile MRI will follow the Gloucester men’s and Gloucester-Hartpury women’s teams, enabling on-site imaging at match days (including away fixtures) so scans can be completed within just a few hours of a suspected head impact.
Cobalt is proud to contribute to this groundbreaking study, which reflects our ongoing commitment to advancing medical imaging research. 💙
In August, every single patient who visited our Cheltenham Imaging Centre and completed our feedback questionnaire said they were treated with respect and would recommend us.
A big thank you and well done to the entire Cobalt team.
10/09/2025
We had a brilliant day yesterday hosting our Musculoskeletal Imaging Conference, welcoming over 100 medical professionals to the University of Gloucestershire.
A huge thank you to all who attended and took part, and an especially big thank you to our eight outstanding speakers. Each talk brought unique insights into the world of MSK imaging, sparking great discussions and learning throughout the day. 🩻
The feedback we’ve received has been excellent, and we’re so proud to have been able to bring together such expertise and enthusiasm in one room. 💙
08/09/2025
We’re really looking forward to welcoming everyone who has booked onto our MSK Imaging Conference tomorrow! 🩻
📅 Tuesday 9 September, 9:30 AM
📍 University of Gloucestershire, Park Campus
It’s set to be a fantastic day of specialist talks and case discussions, all focused on musculoskeletal imaging.
If you’d like to join us, this is your last chance to book! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to:
🔷 Gain insights from leading speakers
🔷 Stay up to date with the latest in MSK imaging
🔷 Connect with peers and expand your network
Attendance is free, with a suggested £25 donation to support Cobalt’s charitable objectives.
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We are a medical charity helping people affected by cancer, dementia and other conditions. Our sophisticated and innovative scanning equipment uses the latest technology. Each year we provide diagnostic imaging for over 65,000 patients at our Imaging Centres in Cheltenham and Birmingham and through our fleet of six mobile MRI scanners that travel throughout the three counties (Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire) and beyond.
We focus on offering equipment and services not generally available within the NHS. Our unique Imaging Centre in Cheltenham houses the UK's first high field Open MRI scanner, designed for claustrophobic and larger patients, a high definition 3.0 Tesla MRI scanner, a state-of-the-art PET/CT scanner and the world’s first open extremity Cone Beam CT scanner. The mobile MRI fleet includes two of Europe's first and only 3.0 Tesla MRI scanners and new 1.5 Tesla wide bore MRI systems. These units have been built to improve patient comfort, enable shorter scanning times and deliver superior image quality.
We invest in research, equipment and education which aim to deliver improvements in clinical diagnosis in the future. We work closely with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham to deliver a state-of-the-art imaging centre primarily for research scanning for the Institute of Translational Medicine. The centre includes a high definition 3.0 Tesla MRI scanner.
We deliver a programme of local, national and international training and education events for medical professionals.
Our Cancer Prevention Team visit schools, colleges, business, social clubs and community groups within the Three Counties to discuss preventative measures and to raise awareness of how early detection can improve outcomes.
