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Archived and superseded policy and guidance document library
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The Society and College of Radiographers is the AUTHOR of All Policy and Guidance documents.
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Employee Development, Review and Progression (including the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework): Practical Guidance for Managers and Practitioners
Summary
This document sets out the Society of Radiographers' expectations regarding employee development, review and progression. The guidance and advice includes general principles and recommends best practice in the use of employer-led systems to support these and also considers these principles within the context of the UK National Health Service (NHS) Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF).
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Approval and Accreditation Board Annual Report 2008-9
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The College of Radiographers is pleased to release the 2008-9 Approval and Accreditation Board (AAB) Report. This is the fifth year of operation of the AAB since its inauguration.
It continues to accomplish a significant amount of progress in the development of policy and overseeing and advising on all aspects of the approval and accreditation of courses and individuals to ensure consistency of approach and standards. The AAB provides a single framework in which all education approval work and accreditation activities are undertaken. The AAB takes its responsibility to maintain high quality radiography provision for the medical imaging and
radiotherapy workforce very seriously and is continually working to raise standards.This report draws into a single commentary the approval and accreditation activity over the 2008-9 academic year. Its purpose is to provide a national overview of the nature and scope of education provision for the radiography workforce, thus giving a benchmark for institutions (EIs) to use to support self-evaluation and development planning. The report provides comprehensive data and statistical information on the current and future workforce and is recognised as the
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Patient Identification, Confidentiality and Consent: Further Guidance
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The Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) is issuing this additional advice following on from publicity surrounding a recent Health Professions Council (HPC) case where a paramedic was sanctioned for posting a radiographic image on a social networking site.
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Analysis of breast screening appointment lengths survey
Some elements of this document may not display correctly on all e-reader devices.This document uses colour (in graphs for example) that may not display well on monochromatic devices.Summary
In August 2009, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) surveyed members carrying out breast screening in the UK about nominal appointment lengths. Over 200 respondents answered a range of questions in an online questionnaire about how much time they have per client, their workload and the effects of setting nominal appointment lengths.
This document presents an analysis of the results of this survey.
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IR(ME)R 2000 and IR(ME) Amendment Regulations 2006
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This important advice and guidance document will be published as an on-line document to read in the Autumn but meanwhile the advice is posted as a pdf document. The Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR), with the aid of representatives from the profession, produced this guidance booklet pertaining to the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000 (IR(ME)R 2000) and the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Amendment) Regulations 2006. Radiation protection principles and UK legislation is the responsibility of all professionals working with radiation and this booklet provides information and policy guidance from SCoR which should be of use to all radiographers, radiography students and radiography assistant practitioners (APs). Radiographers with the additional responsibility of Radiation Protection Supervisors (RPS) should, as good practice, be involved in IR(ME)R matters within their local department even though it is not their statutory responsibility.
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The Scope of Practice in Medical Ultrasound
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The Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) is pleased to present this document, which makes explicit its role in the development of ultrasound practice and the support of ultrasound practitioners. For the purpose of this document, ultrasound practitioners are referred to as 'sonographers'. This title includes radiographers as well as those from other professional backgrounds. This document also identifies how the various policies of the SCoR apply in the context of ultrasound practice. It endorses the continuing professional development and education of sonographers and their role in the provision of an ultrasound service which meets the changing needs of patients and harnesses new technological developments.
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The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (IRR'99): Guidance Booklet
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Summary
The Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR), with the aid of representatives from the profession, produced this guidance booklet pertaining to the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (IRR'99).
Radiation protection principles and UK legislation is the responsibility of all professionals working with radiation and this booklet provides
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Practice Standards for the Imaging of Children and Young People
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These standards have been produced by the Association of Paediatric Radiographers (APR) in conjunction with the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) following research undertaken to establish the provision of imaging services for children in adult and children's hospitals SCoR provides this guidance for the improvement of imaging services for children and young people to ensure staff are adequately trained and policies are in place to ensure effective practice.
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Consultant Radiographers: Succession Planning
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SCoR publishes this guidance and advice document to provide additional information to support the development of consultant radiographer posts in both diagnostic and therapeutic radiography. There are real opportunities for services and service managers to use the advent of consultant posts to develop and deliver high quality, flexible, patient-oriented, and cost effective services. There is also scope for those within the profession who want to reach the top of clinical practice in both diagnostic and therapeutic radiography just as others aspire to the top in management, education and research roles within the profession.
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Radiotherapy moving forward: Delivering new radiography staffing models in response to the Cancer Reform Strategy
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This guidance from the SCoR is provided to support the development of local radiography staffing models for radiotherapy services and takes account of the recommendations made in the National Radiotherapy Advisory Group report , the Cancer Reform Strategy and within the National Radiotherapy Commissioning Guidance. Implementation of this guidance will enable timely, responsive and cost effective services to be developed and delivered and national targets to be met and sustained.