Guidance

Breast screening: screening office management

This document provides guidance to breast screening services on management of, and best practice for, screening office administration.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 30 July 2021
• Last updated: 21 May 2025
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  1. 21 May 2025

     Added guidance on paper-free and paper-light working within breast screening. Updated contact details and links.

  2. 27 September 2024

     Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

  3. 30 July 2021

     First published.

Applies to England

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Breast screening: screening office management

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This guidance covers:

• commissioning arrangements
• patient confidentiality and information governance
• IT systems access and support
• advice on paper-free and paper-light practices
• communications with GPs

This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.