More radiographers are urgently needed if cancer patients are to receive their treatment on time, that’s according to the Society of Radiographers which is calling on the government to address the issue. Jo McNamara, admission lead for therapeutic radiography at Sheffield Hallam University, spoke to the Society of Radiographers about the shortage. She said: “We train around a third of England’s therapeutic radiographers and this year we have seen a significant reduction in applications, despite an increase in recruitment activity. Like other healthcare training providers across the country, we will be training less students this year and this will have a huge impact on the number of available graduates joining the healthcare workforce in three years’ time.

“This is without taking into account any attrition which may occur in future years.”