Guidance

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).

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 March 2013
• Last updated: 30 November 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Breast screening: guidance for organising a Very High Risk (VHR) screening programme

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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.

Contact the screening helpdesk with any queries about this publication, making sure you include its full title.

Published 1 March 2013
Last updated 30 November 2021 + show all updates

1. 30 November 2021

   Updates to sections 4.4, 14 and 19 following IT release.

2. 8 September 2020

   Revised, updated and converted to html.

3. 27 March 2019

   Added 'Breast screening: higher risk programme repatriation form'.

4. 1 March 2013

   First published.