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The Society and College of Radiographers is the AUTHOR of All Policy and Guidance documents.
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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
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Education Strategy for Scotland
Summary
The healthcare environment and the health care workforce have seen major reconfiguration in recent years and this change continues apace. This strategy provides guidance for institutions developing educational and professional development initiatives for radiographers, taking the Scottish perspective into account.
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Safety representatives and safety committees: The Regulations, Codes of Practice and guidance relating to the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations, 1977. ;
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Summary
This booklet also lists all other health and safety legislation that requires employers to consult with employees or safety representatives.
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Prevention of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Sonography
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The guidance emphasises the need for managers, safety representatives and employees to work together to create an environment and culture in which safe practices and policies are planned, implemented, reviewed and maintained.
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Work-related stress guidance for health and safety representatives
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Following a call by SoR members at the Annual Delegates Conference of 2006, this guidance has been developed to provide advice and information to safety representatives and managers on addressing work related stress.
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Body Mapping: A resource for SoR Health and Safety Representatives
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Body mapping is a tool that helps to get members talking about the effects of work on their health and enables health and safety representatives to identify clusters of common problems and their causes. It is particularly useful for identifying musculoskeletal problems which can be fed back to managers along with any solutions identified by members.
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Industry Standards for the Prevention of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Sonography
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Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are potentially one of the biggest causes of injury and ill health amongst sonographers. Many factors can contribute towards the development of MSDs in sonographers such as poor job design and poor posture.
These standards primarily address poor equipment design which in a SoR study of sonographers was believed by 49% of respondents to be a contributory factor towards the development of such injuries. The standards can be used by equipment manufacturers, employers, safety representatives, educators and employees as a means of reducing the risk of injury to sonographers.
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Practice Educator Accreditation Scheme: The Approval & Accreditation of Educational Programmes & Professional Practice
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Summary
Practice educators play a key role in the profession and The Society and College of Radiographers is pleased to launch this scheme for accrediting Practice Educators and sets up a UK register of Practice Educators.
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Pay and Banding of Trainees: Advice on Implementation of Annex U for the Radiography Workforce
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Summary
Annex U of the Agenda for Change NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook addresses the pay and conditions of service for trainees. It acknowledges that there are a wide range of such staff and provides three categories into which they should fall. Annex U also provides guidance on assimilation following completion of training.
Accordingly, the Society of Radiographers feels it is important to provide this advice to
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Information Management & Technology: Implications for the Radiography Workforce
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Summary
SCoR is pleased to publish this information and guidance document. It is written at a time when the healthcare environment is rapidly changing and acknowledges that developments in the field of information management and technology
(IM&T) are at different stages across the four countries of the UK.