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I consider that a fracture is one sign of a serious soft tissue injury (in most circumstances) I agree that a radiographer does not have the skill-set to assess or manage non-fracture injuries Mark P -----Original Message----- From: Accident and Emergency Academic List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of McCormick Simon Dr, Consultant, A&E Sent: 10 November 2009 16:38 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Radiographer discharge Never heard of that one before. The patient needs sensible advice on their soft tissue injury if it isn't broken and that isn't what radiographers are trained to do. Just because it isn't broken (or isn't broken badly) doesn't mean it isn't damaged! Why is it people manage to come up with more and more ways to get people to do each others jobs instead of just employing the right number of people to do the right job in the first place? Smacks of 'It's taken 3 hours 30 minutes to get the patient to x-ray so let's send them away ASAP after the x-ray gets done'. I'm afraid it's a no from me. Loius? Simon -----Original Message----- From: Accident and Emergency Academic List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bell, Simon Sent: 10 November 2009 16:27 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Radiographer discharge Dear all ED's (or A&E's) May I ask: Do any departments have a radiographer discharge process where radiographers send home patients with normal xrays? or even abnormal ones requiring no specific treatment? My personal feeling is this is not a safe way of treating patients (just to avoid breaches) but I would be glad if anyone has any other experiences ? Many thanks S Bell