Summary:
Health promotion is a difficult service to deliver effectively and there are pitfalls and challenges for the radiography workforce.
However, members of the imaging and radiotherapy workforces are often well placed to influence the choices made by their patients and users with regard to health and well-being and the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) publishes this guidance and advice to support the radiography workforce in this important role. In particular, radiation protection is a vital role for the radiography workforce and this is an area of health promotion and protection in which radiographers undoubtedly have acknowledged expertise.