Quality assurance guidelines
NHSBSP 70: Guidance notes for the acquisition and testing of ultrasound scanners for use in the NHS Breast Screening Programme
Published April 2011| Summary | Download PDF (1.6Mb)
NHSBSP 33: Quality assurance guidelines for medical physics services
Published June 2005 (second edition)| Summary | Download PDF (756Kb)
IRMER guidance notes
Occasional report 02/03: Guidance on the justification for repeat screening in the NHSBSP
Published November 2002
Occasional report (unnumbered): Guidance notes for the implementation of the ionising regulation [medical exposure] regulations 2000 in the NHSBSP
Published December 2000
Medical physics services
NHSBSP Equipment Report 0404: Audit of Physics Services to the NHSBSP in 2003
Published July 2004 | Summary | Download PDF (425Kb)
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