MEG liaises with the following professional organisations to ensure there is consistency in the advice given and guidance published nationally and locally. This close working relationship facilitates a multi-disciplinary approach to contemporary patient safety issues.

• British Institute of Radiology (BIR)
• British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS)
• Health Research Authority (HRA)
• Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM)
• Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
• Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)
• Society of Radiographers (SoR)

Position statements
MEG works with professional organisations to publish position statements to provide guidance on matters relating to patient safety in medical exposures.

Joint position statement on medical imaging exposure and radiation safety for patients The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the British Institute of Radiology (BIR) support the view that the decision to perform a medical imaging exposure should be based on clinical need rather than the dose from previous exposures.