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On Target - Ensuring Geometric Accuracy
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Summary
This document should be read inconjunction with Image Guided Radiotherapy – Guidance for implementation and use (2013) available on the policy and guidance document library
This joint document provides information on how to improve the accuracy of radiotherapy treatment It explains the significance of systematic and random errors present and lays out methodologies for measuring and minimising such errors.
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A Charter for Protected Study Time in Scotland
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This Protected Study Time (PST) Charter has been written specifically for all grades of radiographic professionals working in Scotland and is in response to the need to re-invigorate the campaign for PST in light of the legislative requirements from the regulatory body (Health Professions Council) as stated in article 19,4 of the Health Professions Order 2001.
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A Guide to Understanding the Implications of the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations in Radiotherapy
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This guide will be of benefit to chief executives, medical directors, human resources departments and all professionals involved in the delivery of radiotherapy.
This document aims to address a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) which have come up in formal inspections or have been brought to the attention of the Working Party by its members from their own departments and professions.
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Implementing In Vivo dosimetry
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This joint document follows on from one of the recommendations of “Towards Safer Radiotherapy” which was to implement in vivo dosimetry.
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Around the clock: A negotiators guide to the working time regulations; shift work and flexible working
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This guidance aims to help SoR representatives redress the balance between health and safety, service delivery, patient safety and quality of care. Negotiating on working time is a good opportunity for Industrial Relations and Health and Safety Representatives to work together as it is a far reaching issue which encompasses health, safety and welfare at work as well as pay and conditions.
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Information Management and Technology: further advice and guidance on curriculum
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This advice and guidance document has been prepared by members of the Information Management and Technology (IM&T) Group to provide additional information on the knowledge and understanding needed by the radiography workforce in order to meet the demands of working in an environment where technology and information management systems are ever more complex. The document builds on the information given in the Learning and Development Framework for Clinical Imaging and Oncology.
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Continuing Professional Development: Professional and Regulatory Requirements
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Recent years have seen enormous advances in the approach taken to Continuing Professional Development (CPD). This document builds on the existing policy of The Society and College of Radiographers and sets out clearly:
- The College’s definition of CPD
- The professional’s responsibility to undertake and record CPD
- The rationale and practical requirements for CPD accreditation
- The roles of employers, managers and providers of education and training
- The links between the College’s requirements for CPD accreditation and the UK regulatory requirements as set out in the Health Professions Council’s ‘CPD Standards’
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Patient Advocacy
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The Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) publishes this advice and guidance document on patient advocacy in response to the drive to improve patient autonomy and patients' rights. In this document, SCoR have put forward their understanding of the requirements of a radiographer in an advocacy role, have provided several example case studies and have referred to some of the issues surrounding this role in practice.
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Towards Safer Radiotherapy
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Summary
This joint document gives advice and help on how to deliver safer radiotherapy treatment.
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Clinical Imaging Requests from Non-Medically Qualified Professionals
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Joint document with Royal College of Nursing, General Chiropractic Council, General Osteopathic Council, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, NHS Alliance, The Royal College of Radiologists and Society and College of Radiographers Officer: Maria Murray