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.

Documents

Clinical nurse specialists in breast screening

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

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

Updates to this page

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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