Guidance

Breast screening: implementing remote image reading

Guidance for breast screening services undertaking mammogram reading for another service.

Documents

Implementing remote image reading in the NHS Breast Screening Programme

Clinic outcome sheet (COS)

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Remote reader report (ReRR)

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Details

This guidance describes:

  • how to introduce remote reading
  • what services involved in remote image reading need to do
  • what documentation is necessary
  • how the process can be quality assured

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Updates to this page

Published 21 September 2020
Last updated 22 September 2020 + show all updates
  1. Clinic outcome sheet (COS) and remote reader report (ReRR) forms added.

  2. First published.

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