Guidance

Breast screening: implementing remote image reading

Guidance for breast screening services undertaking mammogram reading for another service.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 21 September 2020
• Last updated: 1 August 2025
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  1. 1 August 2025

     Changed lead organisation from Public Health England to NHS England. Removed reference to screening helpdesk.

  2. 22 September 2020

     Clinic outcome sheet (COS) and remote reader report (ReRR) forms added.

  3. 21 September 2020

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Implementing remote image reading in the NHS Breast Screening Programme

Ref: PHE publications gateway number GW-1581

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Clinic outcome sheet (COS)

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Remote reader report (ReRR)

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Details

This guidance describes:

• how to introduce remote reading
• what services involved in remote image reading need to do
• what documentation is necessary
• how the process can be quality assured