Guidance

Breast screening: reporting breast images from home

Guidance for screening staff on reporting images from home under exceptional circumstances.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 5 October 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. 5 October 2020

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Guidance on reporting breast images from home

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1582

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Reporting images from home rather than from a screening service site may help to increase reporting capacity in exceptional circumstances.

This guidance covers:

• IT requirements
• information governance
• workforce
• equipment