Guidance

Breast screening: repeat mammograms

NHS breast screening programme procedures to collect, monitor and report repeat mammographic examinations.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 1 November 2006
• Last updated: 24 July 2025
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  1. 24 July 2025

     Changed lead organisation from Public Health England to NHS England. Removed PHE Gateway number.

  2. 11 December 2017

     Updated version of guidance.

  3. 1 November 2006

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Collecting, monitoring and reporting repeat examinations

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Details

This document sets out NHS breast screening programme guidelines for recording data on repeat mammograms.

It includes information about:

• tracking performance against the national standard
• local procedures
• equipment faults
• regional and national reporting