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Editorial Hazel Edwards President's Foreword Karen Smith
06. Public Health England patient safety initiatives in radiotherapy across the UK Helen Best 14. 20.
Radiotherapy patients information: Is a new approach needed? Sarah James, Alison Stemp The impact of free fetal DNA on ultrasound departments and the NHS Michelle Kemp, Richard Smith
26. PET-CT in diagnosing dementia: Why bother and who's going to pay for it? David Fitzgerald 30.
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Prescribing medicines – an essential competence for advanced and consultant radiography practice Dianne Hogg, Vincent Goodey, Duncan Gavan, Nigel Thomas, Peter Hogg
Image interpretation – digital learning to support traditional training Nick Woznitza, Dorothy Keane MHRA MRI safety guidance: Review of key changes and emerging issues David Grainger
Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry beyond bone mineral density measurement: Vertebral fracture assessment Karen Knapp, Robert Meertens, Lucy Ashton, Susan Hopkins
Radiologist assistants in North America: How far have we come? Cindy Petree
New ultrasound techniques in the assessment of incidental, impalpable, testicular lesions: Can radical orchidectomy be avoided? Franchesca Wotton, Simon Freeman
CT for all – what's not to like? Giles Maskell
Editor Hazel Edwards, Senior Sonographer, Lister Hospital Stevenage and visiting lecturer for King’s College, London and City University, London
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