SCoR Public News

Society calls for ban on sunbeds

editorial — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:35:46 +0100

The Society will put forward a motion at this month’s TUC to call for a ban on the cosmetic use of sunbeds in the UK. The motion will call on the Government to ‘restrict the use of sunbeds to clinical conditions’, such as eczema.

The SoR campaign has already hit the national headlines, as news of the controversial call reached both The Daily Express and The Daily Mirror.

Who should be the chosen ones?

editorial — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:39:53 +0100

Do you work with someone who has made a positive and lasting contribution to the profession and healthcare service? Who do you think should be honoured for going beyond the call of duty?

This is now your chance to put forward the name or names of those who you believe are worthy of a prestigious award!

Celebrate World Radiography Day!

editorial — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:26:57 +0100

Departments are gearing up to celebrate World Radiography Day 2010, which takes place on Monday 8 November.

The Society is encouraging all radiographers – diagnostic and therapeutic – to plan events. Open days, competitions, exhibitions, school visits and ideas to raise awareness of the profession are held by departments and higher educational institutions.

Reporting radiographers

editorial — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:53:16 +0100

The Society has received a letter, which is published with permission from the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The letter was written in response to the Royal College of Radiologists’ publication ‘Medical image interpretation by radiographers: Guidance for radiologists and healthcare providers’. The publication, which was released in April this year, can be viewed here.

Car park charges issue to be raised at TUC

editorial — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:41:47 +0100

The SoR is taking its campaign to scrap hospital car parking charges to the TUC later this month.

The Society’s motion will call for the abolition of car parking charges for in-patients, out-patients, family and friends. It will also call for fair and reasonable car parking for NHS staff.

Last September, former Health Secretary Andy Burnham pledged to end car parking charges for inpatients, and their families and friends, within three years. However, the coalition Government has abandoned this plan.

Radiography graduates hold firm in recession

editorial — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:00:58 +0100

This summer has seen competition for jobs and higher education in the UK get tougher; but amidst the gloomy reports comes good news from radiography graduates.

In August, 180,000 candidates chased clearing places on a day of record A-level results and the Office for National Statistics reported that 2.46 million people in the UK remain unemployed.

Yet a new study reveals that 80% of radiography students graduating in 2009 had found a job after only eight weeks.

Carrying the torch for radiography

editorial — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:50:40 +0100

At team of volunteers from the radiography workforce is being recruited to provide MRI, CT, ultrasonography and digital x-ray services at the London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Based at the polyclinic in the Olympic Village, a 'state-of-the-art' facility is being built to accommodate equipment and staff.

Accreditation delight for advanced practitioner

editorial — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:05:35 +0100

A radiographer says he is "pleased and proud" to be the first to receive accreditation under his professional body's advanced and consultant practitioner accreditation scheme.

New RCOG ultrasound training programme

editorial — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:59:08 +0100

ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS (RCOG): ULTRASOUND TRAINING

A Joint Statement by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Society and College of Radiographers, endorsed by the British Medical Ultrasound Society

New president Sandie Mathers sets the tone

editorial — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:30:39 +0100

The Society's new president Sandie Mathers has set the tone for the coming year. In her presidential inauguration speech on 7 July, she called for improved multi-disciplinary working between radiologists and radiographers.

“The keyword in all this is team – not each professional group working within their own boundaries for their own betterment – but truly working in partnership to provide effective services fit for the 21st Century."

Congratulations, Gill!

editorial — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:58:23 +0100

Current Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) President, Gill Dolbear, is celebrating after becoming Chair of the Allied Health Professions Federation (AHPF); an organisation which provides collective leadership and representation to common issues that impact on its member professions.

The overall purpose of the AHPF is to promote inter-professional working, thereby enabling Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) to provide high quality care for patients and their carers across the whole health and social care sectors.

Lord Mayor opens new scanning centre

editorial — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:50:41 +0000

The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor Graham Oxley, officially opened the new PET/CT scanning centre at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield on Thursday 19 November.

The centre provides a permanent home for the latest in cutting-edge diagnostic technology to NHS patients in the city and surrounding area.

Run on behalf of the NHS by Alliance Medical as part of a government contract to provide improved access to PET/CT for cancer patients in Yorkshire, the centre replaces the mobile PET/CT scanner which served the region from January 2006.

Economic crisis leaves NHS facing staff shortage timebomb

editorial — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:45:16 +0000

Health workers across the NHS are facing severe hardship due to the current economic crisis and the effect of a below inflation pay deal. With inflation running at a 16-year high, NHS unions have joined forces to press the government to reopen pay talks for next year. The unions argue that the three-year pay deal agreed earlier this year is now leaving hundreds of thousands of NHS workers struggling to make ends meet.

Reps want more training

editorial — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:48:23 +0100

Training of SoR reps was the theme of three motions at this morning's (26 April) session of the Annual Delegates Conference, being held in Leeds.

One proposal came from UK Council member Jackie Hughes, who asked conference to approve the creation of a toolkit to "enable representatives to challenge and influence change without compromising professional responsibility or safe working practice."

Petrol price hikes drive change

admin — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:53:57 +0000

The sharp rise in the cost of petrol has prompted the NHS Staff Council to a review mileage allowances.

Since November 2000, the price of an unleaded litre of petrol has increased from an average of around 80.6 pence per litre to around 101.5 per litre in November 2007 – an increase, on average, of around 20 pence per litre. A joint sub-group of the NHS Staff Council has recommended that the allowances be adjusted with effect from 1 January 2008. The recommendations are:

Stand out from the crowd

editorial — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:43:45 +0100

Want a chance to shine?

If you would like the chance to be a winner in this year's Radiography Student of the Year Award then now is the time to come forward.

Now in its third year, the award honours final year undergraduates who represent the 'best of the profession’s values'.

One award each will be made to a diagnostic and theraputic student for their 'outstanding achievement during their radiography training'.