Current policy and guidance document library

Summary

‘Have you paused and checked?’ posters have been published to serve as a handy checklist.

The posters are designed in a PDF format to allow for easy downloading and printing. They can then be displayed in the department as required.

There are A4 and A3 sizes available

The IR(ME)R operator checklist guidance covers checks for Patients, Anatomy, Users, System & Settings, Exposure, and Drawing to a Close

Summary

Each year the Society and College of Radiographers undertakes a UK-wide diagnostic radiography workforce census to gain intelligence about the clinical imaging radiography workforce. The latest was carried out in November 2018.

The objectives are to establish the size, structure, nature and vacancy rate of the workforce in order to inform workforce planning. Eighty-nine providers of medical imaging responded to an online questionnaire.

This document presents an analysis of the census results and compares them to similar censuses carried out in September 2014, May 2016 and November 2017. 

Survey Questionnare download

Statistical Analysis download

Summary

The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017, and the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 came into force on 6th February 2018 in accordance with the European Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom.

The Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) considers this a timely opportunity for employers (and radiography departments) to reevaluate governance processes around the regulatory framework, in particular the new Schedule 2 (i), requirement for employer’s written procedures for exposures to include procedures: “providing that wherever practicable, and prior to an exposure taking place, the individual to be exposed or their representative is provided with adequate information relating to the benefits and risks associated with the radiation dose from the exposure”.

Reference information – The Society and College of Radiographers (2019). Communicating Radiation Benefit and Risk Information to Individuals Under the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (IR(ME)R) [online] [date accessed].

Summary

In November 2018, the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) carried out a census of the radiotherapy radiographic workforce in the UK.

The objectives were to establish the size, structure, nature and vacancy rate of the workforce in order to inform workforce planning. This document presents an analysis of the census results and compares them to similar censuses carried out annually from 2010 to 2017.

We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Radiotherapy Service Mangers for their ongoing support in enabling data collection.

View a spreadsheet, providing details of the figures underpinning the report, and view the survey carried out to inform the final document.