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.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 24 February 2021
• 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. 24 February 2021

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Breast screening: women not registered with a GP practice

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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.