Quality assurance guidelines for nurses in breast cancer screening
Revised November 2002 | Download PDF (219Kb) | ISBN 1 87199 784 4 | Archived
These guidelines describe arrangements for quality assurance in breast care nursing in the NHSBSP. They set out the philosophy and operational policy, and define standards of care for the practice of nursing within the NHSBSP. The standards define the level of service expected, and provide a measure against which the service delivered can be audited. Also included is a questionnaire for use on quality assurance visits.
- 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