Breast screening: organising very high risk (VHR) screening
Information for breast screening service staff about how to organise very high risk (VHR) screening as part of the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHS BSP).
Applies to England
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Every screening service is expected to have arrangements in place for managing women in their area who are eligible for VHR screening. These women have been assessed as:
- being at higher risk of developing breast cancer than the general population
- meeting the eligibility criteria
All the VHR letters and forms referred to in this guidance are available on the National Breast Screening System (NBSS) IT system.
Updates to this page
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The revisions to the organising a VHR programme guidance are to incorporate the changes to the way referrals from clinical genetics services are undertaken (due to the implementation of the National Inherited Cancer Predisposition Register (NICPR)). There are also revisions due to IT changes which automate the calculation of next test due dates (NTDD).
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Updates to sections 4.4, 14 and 19 following IT release.
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Revised, updated and converted to html.
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Added 'Breast screening: higher risk programme repatriation form'.
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First published.