Professional advocacy and wellbeing

The role of the professional advocate in implementing restorative clinical supervision as part of the A-EQUIP model to support the wellbeing and retention of radiographers

Published on June 1, 2025

With the increasing demand on the NHS workforce, many healthcare professionals are reporting burnout and stress. The NHS Staff Survey1 reported 41.7% of staff felt unwell as a result of work-related stress in the past 12 months. Historically, this has been a problem, with 56,000 people leaving NHS employment between 2011 and 2018 due to poor work-life balance2.

Radiographers are among the health professionals affected by these pressures (made worse by a national staff shortage) and the increasing demands for imaging and out-of-hours working, resulting in stress, burnout and reduced job satisfaction for radiographers3.

Although professional advocacy is in the early stages of implementation for radiographers, restorative clinical supervision (RCS) has been identified as a key component in reducing stress and burnout among healthcare professionals4. It forms part of the Advocacy and Education for Quality Improvement (A-EQUIP) model,...

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