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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Radiographer skills shortage&#xA;&#xA;Male health workers should be allowed to perform breast screenings amid staff shortages, experts say&#xA;&#xA;This was headlines on several sites,  while controversial, there is still a shortage of Radiographers.&#xA;&#xA;To this end, I have tried to put some information together, with regard to the skills and qualifications needed for this vital role.&#xA;&#xA;National careers service&#xA;NHS JOBS - Radiographer&#xA;&#xA;So from the National careers service site:-&#xA;&#xA;Entry requirements&#xA;&#xA;You&#39;ll usually need:-&#xA;&#xA;4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent, including English, maths and science&#xA;3 A levels, or equivalent, including at least 1 science&#xA;a degree in a relevant subject for postgraduate study&#xA;&#xA;You can study science with The Open University, which may be a starting point for research in to gaining what is needed.&#xA;&#xA;Tags&#xA;&#xA;#UK,#SkillsShortage,#Careers,#Jobs,#Radiographer&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
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<ul><li><a href="https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/health/male-health-workers-breast-screenings-staff-shortage/" rel="nofollow">Male health workers should be allowed to perform breast screenings amid staff shortages, experts say</a></li></ul>

<p>This was headlines on several sites,  while controversial, there is still a shortage of Radiographers.</p>

<p>To this end, I have tried to put some information together, with regard to the skills and qualifications needed for this vital role.</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/radiographer" rel="nofollow">National careers service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/search/results?keyword=radiographer&language=en" rel="nofollow">NHS JOBS – Radiographer</a></li></ul>

<p>So from the National careers service site:-</p>

<p><strong>Entry requirements</strong></p>

<p>You&#39;ll usually need:-</p>
<ul><li>4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent, including English, maths and science</li>
<li>3 A levels, or equivalent, including at least 1 science</li>
<li>a degree in a relevant subject for postgraduate study</li></ul>

<p>You can study science with <a href="https://www.open.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow">The Open University,</a> which may be a starting point for research in to gaining what is needed.</p>

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