SCoR provides this guidance to set out the nature of the contribution that therapy radiographers can make. Despite the serious and chronic shortages of therapeutic radiographers, they are well placed to contribute to cancer care at all three levels of management identified in the person-centred model of care management outlined in the NHS cancer plan and the new NHS: Providing a patient-centred service

This document provides information on  the legal framework as applied to the child including and issues surrounding child consent for imaging and radiotherapy examinations . Other topics included are  non-accidental injury,  immobilisation of
the child and looking after the children of patients whilst they are in the department.

This present document provides advice and guidance to the individual radiographer and recommendations related to education and training. It also outlines the requirement by managers to draw up referral guidelines for Non Accidental Imaging (NAI).

The Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR) has developed this further implementation guidance to its Education and Professional Development (EPD) strategy in order to assist managers of clinical imaging and radiotherapy & oncology services. In the development of this document, managers within the profession have used their experience and their imagination to create an advice document which will support their colleagues in implementing the career progression framework.

The purpose of this briefing paper is to offer guidance for managers, local Society of Radiographers representatives and emergent radiographer consultants to gain an understanding of the processes involved in the development of consultant radiographer posts, and the purpose and role of these positions.

Within this first document is a benchmarking figure to assist managers locally in reaching a baseline-staffing number. Once this baseline has been established locally, the Society & College believes that more comprehensive staffing models, based upon greater skill mix, will then be able to be developed at the local level. It is anticipated that these models will be based upon skills mix across the entire radiotherapy workforce. In the longer term the baseline figure within the document may require adjustment to take account of these developments and the changing role that therapeutic radiographers will have within the service.

The publication of this advice and guidance document is timely given that there has been a significant increase in the numbers of learners within clinical imaging and in radiotherapy and oncology departments. In addition, findings from Clinical Education and Training: Capacity and Quality Project Report (CoR 2004) indicated some concern about the relationships between education providers, placement providers and learners. Everyone involved in the education and training of learners, including the learners themselves, have responsibilities to ensure successful outcomes and this document aims to support all those concerned.

This advice and guidance document has been prepared by members of the Information Management and Technology (IM&T) Group to provide additional information on the knowledge and understanding needed by the radiography workforce in order to meet the demands of working in an environment where technology and information management systems are ever more complex. The document builds on the information given in the Learning and Development Framework for Clinical Imaging and Oncology.

This document provides information and support to managers and leaders with respect to professional leadership. The main body of the document provides information on the competence for leaders at all senior levels of practice and the appendices to the document provide separate competence outcomes for Service Managers, Consultant Practitioners and Advanced Practitioners

The purpose of this policy paper is to outline for the profession the concept of clinical supervision as part of professional development and life-long learning. Other publications will offer more detail on the subject and give guidance about implementation.

This major document is an update of the Curriculum Framework published in 2003. The framework embraces all levels of practice involved in the learning and development processes and within academic and or clinical environments across the broad fields of clinical imaging and oncology.