Why are only 12% of radiographers satisfied with their jobs?

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An RTE Brainstorm piece about the complexities of job satisfaction in Radiography and its association with waiting lists. 

Subject

Analysis: High workload and under-appreciation are driving burnout, which may explain why over 300,000 Irish patients are currently waiting for diagnostic scans

If you have ever waited weeks for a scan or sat in a hospital corridor wondering when your X-ray results would come through, this research may help explain why. More than 300,000 people are currently waiting for diagnostic scans in Ireland, with the number rising year on year.

When a patient is sent for an X-ray, CT scan or MRI, the professional operating that equipment is a radiographer. Without them, doctors cannot see inside the body to diagnose a broken hip, detect a tumour, or monitor how a treatment is working. They are the reason a diagnosis happens at all.