Quality assurance guidelines for nurses in breast cancer screening
Published January 2008 (4th edition) | ISBN 978 1 84463 047 9
These guidelines were produced by the National Coordinating Group for Nurses in Breast Screening. They are a revision of the second edition of the guidelines which were published in November 2002. The group is composed of specialist nurses working in the NHS Breast Screening Programme.
Breast care nursing quality assurance visit proforma (Word document 104Kb).
- NHSBSP home page
- Programme publications
- About breast screening
- What is breast screening?
- What does the NHS Breast Screening Programme do?
- When was the NHS Breast Screening Programme set up?
- What happens at a breast screening unit?
- Why are women under 50 not routinely invited?
- Are women screened over the age of 70?
- Does breast screening save lives?
- Does breast screening have any risks?
- What is Digital Mammography?
- Research in breast screening
- About breast cancer
- Programme logistics
- Frequently asked questions
- Programme statistics
- Mammography equipment reports
- Programme news index
- Useful links