
Wave Summer 2025
In the Summer edition of Wave, we explore changing perspectives around work, the importance of connection and belonging, and advice on how to thrive as a resident doctor.
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Clinical imaging services play a pivotal role in the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of various disease processes and injuries. Patients are referred to imaging services for assistance in both diagnosis and deciding on the best subsequent management of a patient’s condition. Imaging services are therefore vital for the delivery of effective health and social care. Chest radiographs are a high-volume test, with nearly 7 million performed annually in England. Patients who have a chest X-ray (CXR) performed require accurate and timely results.
The value and benefits of effective team working to deliver clinical imaging services are well known. The 2020 Diagnostics: Recovery and Renewal report sets out the principles and arrangements for providing high-quality patient care within multi-professional teams. The current document defines the education and training required for all members of the multi-professional team who report CXRs within a clinical imaging service. It is expected that other CXR reporters operating outside of a clinical imaging service should follow the same standards for education and training to ensure that they are trained to the same level of overall competence. Any practitioner who is reporting an adult CXR formally should fulfil the criteria in this document.
In the Summer edition of Wave, we explore changing perspectives around work, the importance of connection and belonging, and advice on how to thrive as a resident doctor.
In the Spring edition of Wave, we tackle the thorny subject of 'making mistakes' in medical practice, the value these lessons bring to personal development, and the support doctors need to enable them to admit to errors. We also have exclusive features on the lack of women in interventional radiology, an interview with your incoming president, and key updates on NHS reform and AI innovation.