Welcome to our readers profiles section. Here, you’ll discover the diverse community of professionals and enthusiasts who are passionate about medical imaging. Our readers include radiologists, technologists, researchers, and students, each bringing unique insights and experiences. Explore their profiles to learn more about their backgrounds, interests, and contributions to the field of medical imaging. We celebrate the voices that make our community vibrant and engaging.
Patient (or person) centred care is a hot topic in health and social care, driven by increasing demands on the national health service, and increasing expectations of patients and their carers. All of us at one time or another have received health or social care services or supported a loved one as they have received […]
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Just over three years ago I retired as an academic reader at the University of Salford. I had started my career as a diagnostic radiographer some 38 years earlier, enrolling in the Bradford School of Radiography in 1980. I enjoyed a varied and exciting career working in Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester and even Saudi Arabia. After […]
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UK prostate cancer care is at a critical juncture. At the start of 2020, it was confirmed that prostate cancer had overtaken breast cancer as the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England – ten years ahead of previous estimates. The news report a deeper context around recent research from Prostate Cancer UK that revealed a worrying shortage of […]
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I am a recently qualified band 5 radiographer. I am writing this piece to give an insight into how it is to currently work as a clinically vulnerable radiographer. Coronavirus has caused a widespread pandemic, affecting the respiratory system of those who contract it. COVID-19 is spread when droplets are released into the air. The […]
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COVID-19 has resulted in 745,000 deaths worldwide to date.1 Cases are constantly on the rise, putting significant strain on healthcare systems worldwide. Our medical imaging department played an important role in managing patients with COVID-19 as well as continuing to provide an outpatient service as a tertiary oncology centre.2 Imaging department assistant (IDA) role The […]
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Imaging has always played an important role in the diagnosis of numerous diseases and it was no different when it came to the pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This virus is known to cause respiratory infection so a chest x-ray has typically been used, in conjunction with clinical presentation, as the first […]
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According to reports, the upcoming NHS People Plan will include ‘radical’ proposals to allow nurses to perform surgical procedures to ease the burden on under-pressure consultants. Under the new plan, aspirational nurses will be trained to become Surgical Care Practitioners, qualifying them to carry out a range of surgical tasks. It’s a positive step forward […]
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I keep being asked: “What is it like to be on the front line as a radiographer?” My textbook answer is: “Well the hospital is very different at the moment, but we are settling into a new type of routine,” in a futile attempt to play down the situation to give an air of control. […]
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For many years breast centres across the UK have been struggling to provide diagnostic imaging services. This has arisen because in the last 10 years the number of women referred by their GPs to breast units has doubled, the breast screening service has increased by 24 per cent and the incidence of breast cancer has […]
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