NHS Breast Screening Publications: Numbered Index

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Current publications in numbered order

NHSCSP Publication No. 2: July 1997
Guidelines for Breast Pathology Services

NHSCSP Publication No. 20: Mar 2009 (fourth edition)
Quality Assurance Guidelines for Surgeons in Breast Cancer Screening

NHSCSP Publication No. 29: Jan 2008
Quality Assurance Guidelines for Nurses in Breast Cancer Screening: 4th Edition

NHSCSP Publication No. 32: Feb 1995
Guidance Notes on Mammographic X-ray Equipment. Selection; Maintenance; Suspension from Use; Replacement

NHSCSP Publication No. 33: Jun 2005 (second edition)
Quality Assurance Guidelines for Medical Physics Services

NHSCSP Publication No. 37: Mar 1998
National Survey of Mammographic Image Quality and Dose in the UK Breast Screening Programme

NHSCSP Publication No. 39: April 2003
Breast Screening Resource Pack for Training Primary Care Nurses

NHSCSP Publication No. 40: Oct 2000
NHSBSP: Guidelines on Quality Assurance Visits

NHSCSP Publication No. 44: Jan 2009
Guidelines for Managing Incidents in the Breast Screening Programme

NHSCSP Publication No. 47: Nov 2000
Quality Assurance Guidelines for Administrative and Clerical Staff

NHSCSP Publication No. 48: Jan 2001
Computer Aided Detection in Mammography

NHSCSP Publication No. 49: Jan 2005
Clinical Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening Assessment

NHSCSP Publication No. 50: June 2001
Guidelines for Non-operative Diagnostic Procedures and Reporting in Breast Cancer Screening

NHSCSP Publication No. 51: Oct 2002
Guidance Notes for the Evaluation of Mammographic X-ray Equipment

NHSCSP Publication No. 52: Dec 2002
Organising a Breast Screening Programme

NHSCSP Publication No. 53: Dec 2002
Information and Advice for Health Professionals in Breast Screening

NHSCSP Publication No. 54: Feb 2003
Review of Radiation Risk in Breast Screening

NHSCSP Publication No. 55: May 2003
The Right Results: Guide to the Correct Processing and Issuing of Results

NHSCSP Publication No. 57: Oct 2003
External Quality Assessment Scheme for Breast Screening Histopathology

NHSCSP Publication No. 58: Oct 2005
NHSBSP Guidelines for Pathology Reporting in Breast Disease

NHSCSP Publication No. 59: Jan 2005
Quality Assurance Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening Radiology

NHSCSP Publication No. 60: June 2005
Consolidated Guidance on Standards for the NHS Breast Screening Programme

NHSCSP Publication No. 61: Feb 2006
Screening for Breast Cancer in England: Past and Future

NHSCSP Publication No. 62: Apr 2006
Audit of Breast Cancers in Women Aged 50 to 74

NHSCSP Publication No. 63: Apr 2006
Quality Assurance Guidelines for Mammography

NHSCSP Publication No. 64: Aug 2007
Improving the quality of the written information sent to women about breast screening: Evidence-based Criteria for the Content of Letters and Leaflets

NHSCSP Publication No. 65: Aug 2007
Improving the quality of the written information sent to women about breast screening: Guidelines on the Content of Letters and Leaflets

NHSCSP Publication No. 66: July 2008
Uncertainties in the management of screen-detected ductal carcinoma in situ

NHSCSP Publication No. 67: December 2008
Audit of Physics Services to the NHSBSP in 2007