Organized Radiology Issues: Page 54

Support time off for national health work, RCR urges

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Several U.K. healthcare organizations, including the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), have written a joint letter to all National Health Service hospitals, urging them to support time-off requests for doctors undertaking work for national health bodies.

July 31, 2017

JCCO highlights breast cancer audit report

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Joint Collegiate Council for Oncology (JCCO) in the U.K. is highlighting the release of the first national audit of breast cancer in elderly patients.

July 24, 2017

British Nuclear Medicine Society sends Brexit warning

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The British Nuclear Medicine Society is cautioning that Brexit could have a serious adverse effect on the availability of radioactive isotopes for patient healthcare and medical research.

July 16, 2017

RCR warns over post-Brexit radioisotope access

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) is seriously concerned about continued access to radioisotopes if the U.K. leaves the European Atomic Energy Community treaty as a result of Brexit.

July 11, 2017

Radiologists must go global with Twitter

By Dr. María Jesús Díaz Candamio and Dr. Erik Ranschaert

Twitter is becoming an invaluable platform for radiologists, and after a slow start, European radiologists are embracing the platform. Dr. María Jesús Díaz Candamio and Dr. Erik Ranschaert offer a variety of reasons why Europeans should start tweeting -- even if they aren't doing it in English.

July 4, 2017

French group announces 9-point plan of action

By Frances Rylands-Monk

France's national union of private radiologists (Fédération Nationale des Médecins Radiologues, FNMR) unveiled its new independent medical imaging project. The plan lists nine major areas on which urgent action is necessary, said FMNR President Dr. Jean-Philippe Masson.

June 28, 2017