Personal Dosimetry
Service
Personal Dosimetry Service ( PDS ), the largest UK-based dosimetry service , is based in Chilton in Oxfordshire , and is part of the Radiation , Chemical and Environmental Hazards ( RCEH ) Directorate of the UK Health Security Agency ( UKHSA ). Amongst its functions RCEHD carries out research to advance knowledge about protection from the risks of radiation and provides laboratory and technical services such as PDS , which plays its part in protecting the health of radiation workers from the effects of ionising radiation .
PDS offers a range of HSE-approved dosemeters to measure doses to the whole body , extremity , and eye from photon , neutron and radon exposure over a range of wear periods to suit working practices . PDS also offers a comprehensive range of services that augment our dosemeters , including Dose Record Keeping , Emergency Reads , Radiation Passbooks and Special Entries . We also have the facility to provide a Dose Record Keeping service where the dosemeters have not been provided by us .
For further details , please contact PDS Customer Services : 01235 825420 or customerservices @ ukhsa . gov . uk
Letters to the Editor
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Dear Editor ,
I would like to take a little space to reflect on my career and the contribution SRP has made to my development and practice over many years .
As a Medical Physicist employed primarily in the NHS , my interaction did not begin until a colleague in South Wales , Tony Richards , suggested that I might benefit from a relatively small but active organisation concentrating on radiation exposure and protection .
Although my focus originally lay with aspects of low contrast medical imaging in radiotherapy simulators and afterwards in diagnostic ultrasound , I have been active in a range of both ionising and non-ionising medical applications of radiation for almost five decades . A good understanding of exposure to optical radiation , ionising radiation , electromagnetic fields and acoustic imaging became important to my practice at various stages of my career . While I believe I have achieved good competence in some of these areas , it has always been important to me to have access to experts in various fields to learn or confirm one ' s ideas .
SRP provided me with a pathway to join specialist interest groups , participate in the Editorial Board of the Journal and gave me unprecedented personal access to a wide variety of experts .
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