Guidance

Breast screening: reporting equipment faults, incidents and issues

This guidance relates to all diagnostic equipment used in the NHS breast screening programme (BSP).

• From: NHS England
• Published: 23 July 2021
• Last updated: 1 August 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Breast screening: reporting equipment faults, incidents and issues

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This guidance covers breast screening service reporting of:

• equipment faults
• equipment-related incidents
• equipment-related issues

Published 23 July 2021

Last updated 1 August 2025 + show all updates

1. 1 August 2025

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

2. 23 July 2021

   First published.