Guidance

Breast screening: guidance for clinical nurse specialists

This sets out the standards of practice for clinical nurse specialists working in the NHS breast screening programme.

From:
Public Health England
Published
28 January 2019
Last updated
16 December 2019 — See all updates

Documents

Clinical nurse specialists in breast screening

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-106 HTML

Appendix 1: Breast screening clinical nurse specialist mandatory requirements

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Appendix 2: CNS assessment and referral record

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Appendix 3: NHS BSP assessment questionnaire letter and survey template

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Appendix 4: assessment pathway

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Details

This publication details:

  • the role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in breast screening
  • arrangements for quality assurance
  • a protocol for assessing performance
  • information on the nursing extended role and advanced practitioner role
Published 28 January 2019
Last updated 16 December 2019 + show all updates

  1. Updated guidance in sections 1.3 (women should leave the assessment clinic with an appointment for their biopsy results), and 2.3 (nursing course requirement changed from 20 credits to 15 credits).

  2. First published.

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