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National breast screening pathology audit

Breast screening pathology audit for the screening period April 2016 to March 2019.

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National breast screening pathology audit

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Public Health England has produced this national breast screening pathology audit for the 3-year period April 2016 to March 2019. The report aims to:

  • inform pathologists of the range in performance across screening service/laboratory biopsy quality assurance (BQA) statistics
  • allow assessment of laboratory pathology performance against relevant standards
  • allow comparison of departmental results with other services
Published 2 December 2020
Last updated 21 September 2021 + show all updates
  1. Updated summary of important findings (sections 1.2 and 6.24). Added additional information to audit data tables.

  2. Made minor correction to the confidence limit keys in the spreadsheet.

  3. First published.