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National breast screening pathology audit

Breast screening pathology audit for the screening period April 2016 to March 2019.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 2 December 2020
• Last updated: 21 September 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

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National breast screening pathology audit

Ref: PHE publications gateway number GW-1744

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National breast screening pathology audit data tables

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Public Health England has produced this national breast screening pathology audit for the 3-year period April 2016 to March 2019. The report aims to:

• inform pathologists of the range in performance across screening service/laboratory biopsy quality assurance (BQA) statistics
• allow assessment of laboratory pathology performance against relevant standards
• allow comparison of departmental results with other services

Published 2 December 2020
Last updated 21 September 2021 + show all updates

1. 21 September 2021

   Updated summary of important findings (sections 1.2 and 6.24). Added additional information to audit data tables.

2. 8 December 2020

   Made minor correction to the confidence limit keys in the spreadsheet.

3. 2 December 2020

   First published.