Retention of radiographers in the NHS: Influencing factors across the career trajectory

Nightingale, Julie; Sevens, Trudy; Appleyard, R.; Campbell, Steve; Burton, Maria

doi:10.1016/j.radi.2022.10.003

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“…[50,51,59] Additionally, the potential through academics to increase advanced practice reporting training opportunities would promote job retention and satisfaction [26] amongst radiographers to reduce workforce attrition. [60] It is recommended that future research is needed to explore the patient scope of practice (patient referral, patient age, or any anatomical or examination restrictions, and amount of reporting sessions a week [45,[47][48][49]61] radiographers complete to gain a wide perspective of the national workforce.…”

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“…It is recognised that the national population of NHSE diagnostic radiographers annually fluctuates. Workforce figures change rapidly and can be potential sources of bias and error, such as over or under-estimating subsample data (recruitment, [13] attrition, [59,62,63] retirement [13], etc. ), as do trainee numbers due to several variables [59] (failing to start training, interruption to studies [64], failing assessments, qualifying but not gaining employment to report [64], qualifying but not seeking a reporting role, etc.).…”

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A survey of the NHS reporting radiographer workforce in England

Lockwood,

Burton,

Shaw

et al. 2024

RadOpen

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Introduction: At present there is no national register of the population size and scope of reporting radiographers in England. This makes operational workforce and succession planning for sustainable healthcare services in the National Health Service England (NHSE) difficult, affecting implementing NHSE policies and priorities such as 50% of X-rays reported by reporting radiographers and decreasing reporting Turnaround Times (TATs). This survey aimed to establish the workforce population employed as reporting radiographers in NHSE. Methods: An online anonymous seven question survey was distributed on social media and at the UK Imaging and Oncology Congress. Participant criteria included NHSE radiology staff (diagnostic radiographer, reporting radiographer, radiology manager, imaging superintendent modality lead, consultant radiologist, etc.) or a student diagnostic radiographer working within an NHSE trust. The survey recorded the participant's NHSE region (North Western, North Eastern and Yorkshire, Midlands, East of England, London, South Eastern and South Western regions), Integrated Care Systems (ICS), NHSE Trust, hospital, the amount of reporting radiographers and trainees employed, the Agenda for Change (AfC) job banding and imaging modality reported (X-ray, CT, MRI, NM, PET, DEXA). The data analysis applied descriptive statistics for estimating patterns and trends in the distrubtion of data (English region, AfC banding and imaging modality). Results: Responses were received from all seven of the NHSE regions (n=36/43 ICSs). The data demonstrated a larger workforce in the north of England than in the south, with employment at a range of AfC bandings from 5-8. The imaging modalities reported by radiographers in England demonstrated X-ray (n=34), the most reported imaging examination by region, and Nuclear Medicine (n=3) the least, with evidence of clinical reporting for CT (n=20), MRI (n=18), DEXA (n=16), Mammography (n=13) and fluoroscopy (n=12) being completed by radiographers in England. Conclusion: The findings for England (n=704 reporters; n=142 trainees) provide an estimate based on the response rate of the current reporting radiographer workforce across the NHSE regions, and their contribution to the skills mix radiology reporting service delivery. It is hoped future surveys will provide ongoing workforce estimates for the diagnostic radiographer reporting workforce in NHSE to support workforce transformation and sustainability plans for the radiography profession and to meet government healthcare targets and priorities.

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