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11 Mar 2025 | 2 mins

The Leng Review: Call for Evidence from Healthcare Professionals

The Leng review has issued a call for evidence, seeking the views of healthcare professionals who have experience of working with physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs).

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28 Feb 2025 | 3 mins

FRCR exams: our commitment to standards

Article by: Laura McGarry

Our hearts go out to all doctors impacted by the results issues recently announced by the Federation of the Royal College of Physicians of the UK. Understandably this will be worrying to doctors who have recently sat, or are about to sit their specialty exams. We want to tell you about the quality assurance mechanisms we have in place to minimise the risk of this issue arising at The Royal College of Radiologists across our suite of exams. Ensuring fairness and accuracy is of the utmost importance to us when candidates sit their exams.

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13 Feb 2025 | 2 mins

Cancer and diagnostic waiting times for December 2024

President of The Royal College of Radiologists, Dr Katharine Halliday, comments on the latest cancer and diagnostic waiting times for September 2024.

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21 Mar 2025 | 2 mins

RCR response to the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman’s findings on diagnostic imaging failures

Dr Katharine Halliday, President of the Royal College of Radiologists said: “We were deeply saddened to read of these cases. The Ombudsman highlights some devastating failures in the NHS, and we must collectively learn from these experiences to drive meaningful change.

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16 Dec 2024 | 2 mins

FRCR Part 2B (Radiology) exam reform

The RCR has agreed on the changes it will make to the CR2B exam from June 2025 onwards. The changes will be introduced as part of quality assurance measures to ensure that the exam reflects current practice and meets the standards for assessment set by the General Medical Council.