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Recently addedQuality imaging services for primary care: a good practice guide
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Summary
In the changing healthcare system in which we now all live and work, it is timely that we focus on providing quality imaging services for primary care. This document has been developed collaboratively between The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) as a good practice guide to developing collaborative practices between diagnostic imaging departments and primary care providers for the benefit of patients, and to support GPs in delivering excellent, timely care.
Joint document:
- Royal College of General Practitioners
- Society and College of Radiographers
- The Royal College of Radiologists
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Recently addedReport on the Census of the Radiotherapy Workforce in the UK 2012
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Recently addedImproving retention of the radiotherapy workforce - the role of practice placements in student attrition from pre-registration programmes in England: executive summary and recommendations
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The issue of attrition from training placements for therapeutic radiographers has been a challenge for some years. This report written by Hazel Colyer and supported by the Society and College of Radiographers through the National Radiotherapy Implementation Group's Workforce sub-group, tackles the issue with key recommendations and evidence-based opportunities.
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Recently addedGuidance on the Management and Governance of Additional Radiotherapy Capacity
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This guidance and advice is published jointly by the Society and College of Radiographers, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Royal College of Radiologists to provide support and information with respect to the practical issues which need to be considered in developing a new radiotherapy service, including service models. It will also support those who have responsibility for commissioning and providing additional radiotherapy services.
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The Scope of Practice 2013
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Summary: The aim of this statement is to confirm the current scope of practice for the professional workforce for diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy. The term 'professional workforce' includes the following practitioners: diagnostic radiographers, therapeutic radiographers, sonographers, nuclear medicine technologists, dosimetrists and others working at autonomous practitioner level. In this way, this scope of practice statement is relevant for all those health care professionals working within diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy with the exception of the support workforce, including assistant practitioners, for whom other statements have been published.
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Ultrasound examination times and appointments
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The Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) is aware that sonographers working for some NHS Trusts, Health Boards or other Imaging Service Providers are coming under increasing pressure to reduce the time allowed for ultrasound examination appointments. In addition, there have also been instances where extra appointments have been added prospectively to a booked list as a way of compensating for patients who do not attend (DNA).
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Safety in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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SCoR and BAMRR issue this guidance and advice document on safety issues in MRI. This second edition updates the 2007 document and provides direction on where appropriate information can be found.
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A project to develop draft modules and a credit framework to support development of management skills in radiographers
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SCoR publishes the findings of a project which was undertaken for the SCoR by University of Hertfordshire and the Institute for Employment Studies in August 2012 to develop draft modules and a credit framework to support development of management skills in radiographers. SCoR commends the outcomes as guidance for individuals looking to develop themselves in this direction, and to education providers who are seeking to either develop programmes for aspirant and actual managers in the profession, or ensure their current management development programmes cater effectively for the radiography profession.
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A guide to modern radiotherapy
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This document provides up to date information for patients on radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is the use of radiation to damage and kill diseased cells. Its main use is found in cancer treatment where it can be used on its own, or as part of a wider treatment of the cancer which might also involve surgery or chemotherapy.
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Bariatric Patients: Guidance and Advice for the Radiography Workforce
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Summary
The Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) publishes this guidance for the radiography workforce, including recommendations for action so that the care of bariatric patients in imaging and radiotherapy departments is of the highest standard and that members of the radiography workforce imaging and radiotherapy services are protected from possible injury related to moving and lifting.