We held a webinar on 25 August to launch our Standards for Radiological Referral by Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (Third Edition).

The webinar provided an overview of the practice and education programme standards and highlighted how they support safe, effective and accountable radiological referral practice in the interests of public protection.

The revised standards replace the Standards and Requirements for Nurse Authority to Refer for Radiological Procedures (2020) and reflect developments in legislation, professional regulation, education, and contemporary nursing and midwifery practice.

The standards establish, for the first time, a combined framework of Practice Standards and Education Programme Standards to support registered nurses and registered midwives to expand their scope of practice to include radiological referral. The standards are aligned with the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives (2025) and set out the knowledge, skills, competence, and professional expectations required for safe, effective, and accountable referral practice.

If you were unable to attend, you can watch the webinar back on our website.

We look forward to supporting the implementation of these new standards across practice and education settings.