World Radiography Day
Our thank you to radiography professionals and support workers across the globe
Our thank you to radiography professionals and support workers across the globe
Today is World Radiography Day, a chance to celebrate and recognise radiography professionals and support workers across the globe.
These dedicated individuals bring the “unseen” into focus. They use advanced medical technology to diagnose illnesses and injuries that might otherwise remain hidden and deliver treatments such as radiotherapy for cancer patients.
Radiographers ensure that care goes beyond the what’s visible – they provide compassionate care, ease anxieties, and offer emotional support during stressful procedures and treatments.
Thank you to everyone in the radiography community who makes a difference every day.
World Radiography Day (WRD) is celebrated on 8 November each year.
The date marks the anniversary of the discovery of x-radiation by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895.
Radiography professionals worldwide can use the day and the days around the date to promote radiography as a career, as a vital contribution to modern healthcare, and as an opportunity to increase public awareness of diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy.
Each year, we invite SoR members to design a poster that will be included in our World Radiography Day pack of materials which will be displayed in hundreds of imaging and radiotherapy departments across the UK.
The theme of this year’s poster competition was ‘Radiographers: Seeing the Unseen’ and we called on members to design a concept that best represents this.
View the designs featured in our 2024 pack below!
Competition winner: Josel Jasper Morales
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Competition winner: Faye Merley
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Competition winner: Kishar Griffith
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Competition winner: Lucy Clough
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Competition winner: Adriana Serrano
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WRD Spotlight: Radiography and Me
Designed by Sarah Smizz Smith
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Our WRD packs also features the designs of our runner's up who had their artwork transformed into colouring-in pictures. Download and get colouring! We'd love to see your versions, tag us on socials @scormembers.
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2023 poster theme: Healthcare heroes
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2022 poster theme: Pride in our profession
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Our Patient Advisory Group (PAG) gives patients the opportunity to influence our work, ensuring diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy services meet their needs.
Have you ever had an x-ray, scan or undergone radiotherapy treatment? If so, consider joining our PAG and sharing your views.
To find out more about the PAG and how to join, please email Georgina Hylton.
Our Benevolent Fund is a registered charity and exists to help members, former members and their dependants during times of hardship.
Support can take the form of both financial advice and assistance. If you need help, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
If you wish to donate to the Fund, please see here for more information.
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