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Digital platform for SoR’s CPD journal Insight is officially live
Insight digital platform
Insight digital platform
Insight, the Society of Radiographers’ official journal for continuing professional development, is now accessible entirely online via a digital platform.
This new digital publication for Insight will give radiographers access to a full range of fully searchable CPD articles, making the new platform a vital tool for radiographers in clinical practice or research.
Insight, which launched as Imaging and Therapy Practice in 2015, publishes CPD articles from radiographers, sonographers and those working in nuclear medicine at every stage of professional development, from pre-reg learners to those in fully fledged careers.
Rachel Nolan, president of the SoR and chair of the Insight Editorial Board, said: “I am very excited about the move to the new digital platform and what it can offer readers. It will enhance accessibility, enabling instant access anytime, anywhere, across devices. The searchable archive transforms how readers can engage with past content, making it easier to revisit and build on professional knowledge.”
View the new online platform here.
Find out more about submitting to Insight here.
SoR welcomes publication of non-surgical oncology advanced practice framework
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Photo by sturti via Getty Images
The SoR has welcomed the Non-Surgical Oncology Advanced Practice Area Specific Capability and Curriculum Framework (NSO), developed by the Centre for Advancing Practice.
The NSO has been in development since 2020, with backing from Health Education Northeast and Cumbria and the Northern Cancer Alliance (NCA).
The project focused on developing a training curriculum for advanced practitioners in non-surgical oncology to support workforce innovation in the Northeast of England.
This initiative was prompted by a 2019 service review by the NCA, which highlighted risks to service delivery because of challenges in accessing a suitable skill mix within the workforce.
Initially led by Dr Nicola Storey, now a retired consultant oncologist from South Tees NHS Foundation Trust, the project’s aims were mirrored by work undertaken by Professor Ric Khine, and the projects were therefore merged to develop a national curriculum.
Find out more information about the framework online here.
Children’s health framework highlights growing role for radiographers
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Photo by Pressmaster via Getty Images
The Children and Young People’s Health Policy Influencing Group has published a policy paper on shaping the future direction of services for babies, children and young people.
As a member of the Health Policy Influencing Group, the SoR has contributed to this work, alongside a wider coalition of organisations, to support efforts to place children’s health at the centre of system reform.
For Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiographers, this paper – Ten Tests for NHS England’s Children and Young People’s Modern Service Framework, published on 23 June – signals an important shift in how services will be designed and delivered over the coming years.
The policy paper sets out 10 key tests for the forthcoming NHS England Modern Service Framework, with a central theme on moving toward earlier intervention and prevention.
The paper has been officially launched and is accessible online here.
SoR ultrasound manifesto calls for halt to recruitment freezes for underperforming NHS trusts
Launch of the Collaborative Ultrasound Manifesto at UKIO, by Eva Slusarek
Launch of the Collaborative Ultrasound Manifesto at UKIO, by Eva Slusarek
In its newly released Collaborative Ultrasound Manifesto, the Society of Radiographers has called for a halt in recruitment freezes for NHS trusts that are not meeting their patient diagnosis targets.
Published on 8 June, the manifesto outlines the shared priorities of the ultrasound profession and details the workforce’s current challenges, what it requires to succeed and a number of proposed solutions for success.
The manifesto also highlights the issues within the ultrasound workforce that are restricting skills development, and concludes with a call to action for national decision makers to provide multi-year funding for training.
Written through collaborative effort, the manifesto is a joint document by the SoR, radiography trade association AXREM, the British Institute of Radiology, the British Medical Ultrasound Society and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine.
Read the full ultrasound manifesto here.
Ockenden Review reveals systemic failures and staffing pressures
Queen's Medical Centre, in Nottingham, by Christopher Furlong, via Getty Images
Queen's Medical Centre, in Nottingham, by Christopher Furlong, via Getty Images
The Ockenden Review into maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has highlighted heart-breaking accounts from families and the reality of working conditions for sonographers.
Published on 24 June, the review features accounts, shared with Donna Ockenden and her team, of patients feeling unheard and being dismissed when raising concerns during pregnancy. Their painful stories have been shared with courage and determination to ensure this does not happen to any other families.
For sonographers, the report spotlights the working conditions they have been operating under for years, trying to deliver high-quality, safe care while under resourced and overstretched.
The review was established by NHS England in May 2022, following significant concerns raised by local families regarding the quality and safety of maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals.
Read the SoR’s full response here.
Access NHS employee assistance programmes and find out more information online here.
Read the Ockenden Review online in full here.
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