Guidelines for managing incidents in the breast screening programme
Published May 1999 (1st edition) & January 2004 (2nd edition) | ISBN 1 87199 778 X Archived
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for managers in trusts and breast screening units on the steps to be taken if a serious incident in a breast screening service is confirmed. The guidelines outline the means by which a suspected problem may be identified, the stages in the investigation of a suspected problem, the confirmation of an incident, the factors to be considered in taking retrospective action, and closure of an incident.
- 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