Guidance
Breast screening: women not registered with a GP practice
This guidance is for breast screening services to help them advise women seeking breast screening who are not registered with a GP practice.
Applies to England
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This guidance for breast screening services explains:
- what to do if a woman has an NHS number but is not registered with a GP
- how to create a new registration on the national breast screening system (NBSS) once a woman has registered with a GP
Information for women needing to register with a GP is available. It is also provided in plain A4 PDF format to print out for people who cannot access digital information.
Updates to this page
Published 24 February 2021
Last updated 1 August 2025
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Changed lead organisation from Public Health England to NHS England. Removed reference to screening helpdesk.
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First published.