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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Ella Pickover

Male health workers should be able to carry out mammograms, experts say

Male health workers should be allowed to perform breast screening examinations to help tackle workforce shortages, experts have said in a call that has already attracted political backlash.

Mammography is only the health examination exclusively carried out by female staff, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) said.

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