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Information for local providers and commissioners on leading NHS breast screening services.
This document explains the NHS breast screening programme for women defined as being at high risk of breast cancer.
Information on the use of digital breast tomosynthesis in the NHS breast screening programme.
Breast screening services can send this pack to GP practices before their patients are invited for screening, to ensure invitations go to the correct people.
Guidance for radiologists, radiographic consultant practitioners, breast clinicians and radiographic advanced practitioners undertaking breast screening.
Guidance on safe clinical practice in breast screening, in compliance with the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposures) Regulations 2017 (IR(ME)R).
Biopsy testing guidance for the NHS breast screening programme (BSP).
This provides details for screening providers on moving from printed leaflets to digital alternatives.
This document explains how to screen women with breast implants in the NHS Breast Screening Programme.
This document lists the available technical and practical evaluation reports for mammography equipment currently used in the NHS Breast Screening Programme
NHS breast screening programme procedures for retaining, storing and disposing of mammograms and records.
Guidance for screening staff on reporting images from home under exceptional circumstances.
Good practice guidance for ergonomics in breast screening mammography.
This guidance is for pathologists issuing provisional or verbal reports. It aims to help reduce risk of patient mismanagement.
This publication provides guidance on routine quality control tests for tomosynthesis systems carried out by medical physics services.
Details of the routine quality control tests for tomosynthesis systems for radiographers and clinicians working in the NHS breast screening programme.
Guidelines for calculating quantitative image quality parameters for x-ray detectors in breast screening.
The specification and selection of failsafe batches in the NHS Breast Screening Programme for use by screening office managers and staff.
Procedures to assess the quality of mammographic x-ray equipment used in NHS breast screening.
Procedures for reporting, recording and auditing B5 core biopsies for normal or benign surgery.
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