Radiographers

The Radiographers are

Kirsty Rowley

About radiographers

Radiographers are Allied Health Professionals who work in healthcare environments providing high quality diagnostic and therapeutic imaging of the human body. They cover a range of imaging modalities, including X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans and Mammograms.

The Radiographers who work in the Breast Care Unit (sometimes called Mammographers) perform a variety of different mammographic imaging if the breast tissue in both men and women. They are highly trained members of staff who work as a team with other healthcare professionals such as doctors, nurses and healthcare assistants. This type of Radiographer will always be a woman; men are not allowed to perform mammograms currently in the UK.

If you come to the breast care unit for a screening mammogram (offered every three years to women aged 50 – 70), the woman who performs your mammogram will be a Radiographer. If you are recalled to the hospital for further tests after your screening mammogram, the Radiographer will perform a variety of further imaging views to achieve more information for the multi-disciplinary team looking after you.

Similarly, if you have found a breast problem and are sent to the breast care unit at the hospital for further tests by your GP, you may be seen by a Radiographer during your visit.

Radiographers in the UK work under the regulation in the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). A list of Radiographers currently registered to practice Radiography in the UK can be found on the HCPC website.

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