Volunteer Bios

Below are bios for some of the volunteers who've helped to produce the content of this course. A special thanks to them for their contribution.

 

Paul Charnock:

Paul Charnock is an RPA/MPE/RWA for IRS limited based in Liverpool. Paul has worked for IRS since 2003 in the field of diagnostic radiology with specialisms in patient dose audit methodologies, QA, dental and CT. Paul has co-authored a number of papers on QA and patient dose audit methodologies using large data sets to establish regional dose reference levels.

Paul is lead RPA/MPE/RWA for a number of major Trusts and smaller hospitals, and advises on compliance with relevant regulations including EPR, IRR and IR(ME)R and within IRS is currently working on training pathways for each accreditation area.

Paul is the current Chair of the IPEM Report 88 Update working party and a member of the Public Health England (PHE) working party on National Patient Dose Surveys. Paul has previously been a Chair of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) Diagnostic Radiology Special Interest Group (DRSIG) and represented IPEM on the Medical Exposures Working Group whose remit was to contribute to the drafting of what became IR(ME)R2017.

Jason Fazakerley:

Jason is currently employed as a Consultant RPA/MPE/RWA for several NHS Trusts & private hospitals. Leading a team of Scientific and Technical staff, they provide a consultancy and equipment control services to assist clients to comply with the applicable ionising radiations regulations across a range of different imaging modalities. Jason also actively contributes to the companies R&D and education and training programs.