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Information on the NHS breast screening programme to help eligible women make a personal informed choice about whether to take part.
It is your choice whether to have breast screening or not. This leaflet…
Read an overview of the NHS breast screening programme (BSP), and learn how to contact the programme.
Guidance for local NHS screening services on how to order and access printed and digital population screening leaflets.
Resources to support screening professionals in their initial training and continuing professional development (CPD).
This information is for women aged 71 or over. These women no longer receive breast screening invitations, but can request breast screening every 3 years.
An easy read leaflet about breast screening.
The processes for managing safety incidents in the NHS screening programmes.
Information about the NHS population screening programmes available to transgender and non-binary people in England.
The NHS breast surveillance protocols for women at very high risk of developing breast cancer.
NHSBSP Publication No 49: clinical guidelines for healthcare professionals screening women for breast cancer.
Screening standards for the NHS breast screening programme (BSP).
Guidance on the mammographic aspects (both clinical and technical) of breast screening QA and the quality control of radiographic procedures.
How to support patients in accessing population screening programmes and obtaining screening results.
How to opt out of an NHS screening programme if you no longer wish to be offered screening.
This document sets out for the programme specific operating model (PSOM) for quality assurance of the NHS Breast Screening Programme.
How to report, classify and monitor interval cancers and cancers following previous assessment.
An overview of the breast screening end-to-end pathway.
Training and continuing professional development (CPD) for people working in the NHS breast screening programme (BSP) in England.
These documents support screening quality assurance (QA), and screening providers carrying out annual 'Right Results' audits in breast screening.
Screening providers can print and display these posters to help raise awareness of breast screening.
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