"The RCR considers that sonographers should be regulated to the same standards as medical practitioners undertaking ultrasound."
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1. https://www.professionalstandards.org.uk/docs/default-source/publications/right-touch-assurance-for-sonographers---a-report-for-health-education-england.pdf?sfvrsn=b2fd7420_0
2. Direct-entry post-graduate courses are available at the Universities of Derby and Cumbria. Dedicated undergraduate training is now being delivered by Birmingham City University and apprenticeship routes are under development.
3. https://www.lasepharmacy.hee.nhs.uk/dyn/_assets/_folder4/advanced-practice/multi-professionalframeworkforadvancedclinicalpracticeinengland.pdf
4. In its 2017 "Securing the future workforce supply report" report into sonographer provision, The Centre for Workforce Intelligence detailed around 3.5 per cent of England's estimated 2,300 sonographers had no official or voluntary registration status. Please see: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/597697/Sonography_workforce_review.pdf
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