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The NHS is short of radiographers.

NHS Long Term Workforce Plan · named among the greatest AHP shortfalls · england.nhs.uk

You produce the images every diagnosis depends on — X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound.

A radiographer positions a patient at a CT scanner in a hospital imaging room.

Radiographer

United Kingdom · HCPC

UK NHS shortfall planAU Shortage · all 8 statesNZ Green List · Tier 1IE Critical Skills

5 of 5

countries carry this profession on an official shortage or priority list

NHS Long Term Workforce Plan · gov.uk · enterprise.gov.ie

NZ Tier 1

Green List Tier 1 — straight to residence (listed as Medical Radiation Therapist)

immigration.govt.nz · 2026-09-22

299

open listings — NHS Jobs, HSE jobs, Health NZ portal, Job Bank Canada

exact title & keyword match · 2026-09-22

18,500

healthcare invitations in the last 12 months — 6 draws

canada.ca · rounds of invitations · 2026-09-22

What you do abroad

The work, and why it matters.

You produce the images every diagnosis depends on — X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound.

For patients

Faster answers. A scan backlog is a diagnosis backlog.

For the system

Named a severe-shortage role by the NHS and in shortage across all of Australia.

For you

Modern equipment, structured progression, and Tier 1 residence in New Zealand.

Where the work happens

  • Hospital imaging
  • Diagnostic centres
  • Oncology (radiation therapy)
  • Emergency
Where you're wanted

Five of five countries list this role.

Each card carries this profession's strongest fact there, and what is open on the boards today.

United KingdomNamed among the greatest AHP shortfallsNHS Long Term Workforce Plan · june 2023
227 live · NHS Jobs

exact title · 2026-09-22

NHS Agenda for ChangeGBP 32,073Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

Band 5, entry step · a year

Source: nhsemployers.org · agenda for change pay scales · 1 Apr 2026

IrelandOn the Critical Skills Occupations List (as Radiographers)enterprise.gov.ie · 2026-09-22
6 live · HSE jobs

keyword match · 2026-09-22

HSE consolidated pay scaleEUR 44,956Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

entry grade · a year

Source: assets.hse.ie · consolidated salary scales · 1 Jun 2026

New ZealandGreen List Tier 1 — straight to residence (listed as Medical Radiation Therapist)immigration.govt.nz · 2026-09-22
2 live · Health NZ portal

exact title · 2026-09-22

Health NZ allied health scaleNZD 77,087Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

Step 1 · entry grade · a year

Source: tewhatuora.govt.nz · allied health collective agreement · 2 Sept 2024

CanadaIn the Express Entry healthcare category (NOC 32121)canada.ca · 2026-09-22
64 live · Job Bank Canada

keyword match · 2026-09-22

BC health science professionalsCAD 37.79Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

P1, first year · entry grade · an hour

Source: hsabc.org · health science professionals agreement · 1 Apr 2025

You'd be in good company

Named, in their own words.

We welcome Medical Imaging Technologists who have trained overseas to join us at Health New Zealand.
healthnz.govt.nz · medical imaging technologists · 23 Sept 2026
GUH Recruitment: Radiography, AnnaMarieSaolta University Health Care Group
Who regulates you

Who decides, country by country.

The regulator assesses your qualification. We prepare and submit the file. The decision is theirs.

United Kingdom

HCPC

  • Degree, transcripts & syllabus mapped to its Standards of Proficiency
  • Registration and experience in your home country
  • English language test
hcpc-uk.org

Ireland

CORU

  • Qualification recognition against the Irish standard
  • Syllabus, placement hours and scope of practice
  • English language and good standing
coru.ie

Australia

AHPRA / Medical Radiation Practice Board

Registered as Medical Radiation Practitioner

  • Qualification assessment or portfolio, board by board
  • Supervised practice and recency
  • English language test
medicalradiationpracticeboard.gov.au

New Zealand

Medical Radiation Technologists Board (MRTB)

Registered as Medical Radiation Technologist

  • Qualification assessed against the NZ standard
  • Registration with the profession’s own board
  • Green List job offer → Straight to Residence
immigration.govt.nz
  • Credential assessment for the province you choose
  • A national certification exam for most professions
  • Language test — English or French
canada.ca

The main route — the scope most radiographers register under first.

Your route

Four steps to registration.

Fit check — diagnostic or therapeutic scope confirmed

Your degree, syllabus and clinical hours read against the regulator’s own published standards.

Syllabus and clinical hours mapped

Every document in the form the regulator asks for, translated and legalised in the right order.

Filed under the regulator’s title for your scope

Filed in your own account. Every query drafted by us, sent by you, tracked to the answer.

Registered

Registration comes first. The visa route follows the destination country’s published framework.

Recent numbers

The latest official figures.

Read from the government's own pages in September 2026. The date is the disclosure.

48,927

radiographers on the HCPC register

hcpc-uk.org · register summary · 1 Sept 2026

20,626

radiographers on the AHPRA register

ahpra.gov.au · australian health practitioner · read 23 Sept 2026

45%

of new registrants trained abroad — MRTB

mrtboard.org.nz · annual report 1 april 2024 · 2024-2025

Tier 1

Green List Tier 1 — straight to residence (listed as Medical Radiation Therapist)

immigration.govt.nz · 2026-09-22

10,000

skilled-independent (189) invitations in the last SkillSelect round

immi.homeaffairs.gov.au · 2026-09-22

97,475

open NHS vacancies — 6.5% of the workforce

nhs vacancy statistics · mar 2026

Canada's last six Express Entry healthcare draws

Draw dateInvitationsCRS cut-off
4 Sept 20263,500475
25 Jun 20264,000475
20 Feb 20264,000467
11 Dec 20251,000476
14 Nov 20253,500462
15 Oct 20252,500472

canada.ca · rounds of invitations · 2026-09-22

Route finder

Where could you be working next year?

Two answers. Ten seconds. Then we show you what's open for your profession.

These describe each country’s general immigration framework as published, not a route we can promise or advise on. Immigration rules change and are applied case by case. For your own circumstances, consult a registered immigration adviser.

See your own route as a radiographer.

One more answer — where you want to work — and the facts are on screen.