Current and future roles of diagnostic radiographers

Diagnostic radiographers provide a range of types of diagnostic imaging to enable screening services, imaging for the diagnoses of diseases and trauma and to facilitate treatments that include curative, palliative, ongoing imaging surveillance, end of life interventions and care and forensic investigations.

This document outlines some of the current and anticipated future roles of diagnostic radiographers in the health and social care system along with a short overview of the teams they work with, their provision of person-centred care, and the professional requirements that they meet.