NHSBSP Publication No. 2: Guidelines for breast pathology services
July 1997 | Summary | ISBN 1 871997 87 9
NHSBSP Publication No. 3: Pathology reporting in breast cancer screening
February 1997 | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 22 4
NHSBSP Publication No. 15: Quality Assurance Guidelines for Radiologists
May 1997 | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 92 5
NHSBSP Publication No. 19: Information and advice for radiographers
October 1997 | ISBN 1 87 1997 03 8
Now replaced by NHSBSP Publication No. 53: Information and Advice for Health Professionals in Breast Screening
NHSBSP Publication No. 20 (3rd edition): Quality assurance guidelines for surgeons in breast cancer screening
Revised November 2003 | Download PDF (644Kb) | ISBN 1 84463 009 9
NHSBSP Publication No. 21: Radiographic quality control manual for mammography
April 1999 | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 63 1
NHSBSP Publication No. 22: Guidelines for cytology procedures and reporting in breast screening
September 1993 | ISBN 1 87 1997 26 7
These guidelines were when it became obvious that many more centres than were originally envisaged were using fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) as an additional diagnostic test to provide a pre-operative diagnosis of breast cancer.
NHSBSP 22 has now been replaced by NHSBSP Publication No. 50: Guidelines for Non-operative Diagnostic Procedures and Reporting in Breast Cancer Screening
NHSBSP Publication No. 23: Consumer satisfaction questionnaires: before you start
September 1992 | Summary | ISBN 1 871997 31 3
NHSBSP Publication No. 24: Review of mammography equipment and its performance
December 1992 | Summary | ISBN 1 871997 31 3
NHSBSP Publication No. 25: Radiographers' working practices 1990/1991
December 1992 | Summary | ISBN 1 871997 41 0
NHSBSP Publication No. 26: Guidelines on the collection and use of breast cancer data
November 1992 | Summary | ISBN 1 871997 46 1
NHSBSP Publication No. 27: A protocol for quality assurance of diagnostic ultrasound scanners used in the breast screening programme
April 1993 | ISBN 1 871997 51 8
This report was produced by a working group set up by the NHSBSP to make recommendations for the quality assurance of ultrasound scanners used in the programme.
It was superseded by an MDA Evaluation Report MDA/98/52: Further revisions to Guidance Notes for ultrasound scanners used in the examination of the breast, with protocol for quality testing. (Feb 1999)
NHSBSP Publication No. 28: Report of the UKCCCR/NHSBSP workshop breast screening acceptability: Research and practice
October 1993 | Summary | ISBN 1 871997 56 9
NHSBSP Publication No. 29: Quality assurance guidelines for nurses in breast cancer screening
Revised November 2002 | Summary | Download PDF (219Kb) | ISBN 1 871997 84 4
NHSBSP Publication No. 30: Quality assurance guidelines for radiographers
March 2000 | Summary | Download PDF (149Kb) | ISBN 1 87 1997 81 X
Addendum to NHSBSP No 30: Radiographic quality control manual for mammography (Guidance on radiographic staffing levels)
Revised May 2001
NHSBSP Publication No. 31: Messages about breast screening: guidelines for health promotion specialists, primary care teams and screening unit staff
April 1995 | Summary | ISBN 1 871997 12 7
NHSBSP Publication No. 32: Guidance Notes on Mammographic X-ray Equipment. Selection; Maintenance; Suspension from Use; Replacement
February 1995 | Summary | ISBN 1 871997 91 7
NHSBSP Publication No. 33 (1st edition): Quality assurance guidelines for medical physics services
Jan 1995 | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 02 X
NHSBSP Publication No. 34 (part I): Systematic management of quality for breast screening units
Revised February 1996 | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 08 9
NHSBSP Publication No. 34 (part II): Systematic management of quality for breast screening units: A practical approach to quality management
January 1999 | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 08 9
NHSBSP Publication No. 35: Mammographic dose and image quality in the UK breast screening programme
March 1995 | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 17 8
NHSBSP Publication No. 36: An evaluation of musculoskeletal discomfort experienced by radiographers performing mammography
October 1997 | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 52 6
NHSBSP Publication No. 37: National survey of mammographic image quality and dose in the UK breast screening programme
March 1998 | Summary | ISBN ISBN 1 87 1997 08 9
NHSBSP Publication No. 38: Guidelines on improving the quality of the written information sent to women who are recalled for assessment
February 1998 | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 23 2
NHSBSP Publication No. 39: Breast screening resource pack for training primary care nurses
April 2003 | Summary | Download PDF (1.73Mb) | ISBN 1 84 4630 00 5
NHSBSP Publication No. 41: Performance of mammographic equipment in the UK breast screening programme in 1997
December 1998 | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 43 7
NHSBSP Publication No. 42: Managing quality in a systematic way: A practical guide
December 1998 | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 58 5
NHSBSP Publication No. 43: Review of use of ultrasound scanners in the UK breast screening programme
February 1999 | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 73 9 5
NHSBSP Publication No. 44: Guidelines for managing incidents in the breast screening programme
May 1999 (1st edition) & January 2004 (2nd edition) | Summary | ISBN 1 87 1997 78 X
Now replaced by a revised edition - January 2009.
NHSBSP Publication No. 45: Performance of mammographic equipment in the UK breast screening programme in 1998/99
March 2000 | Summary | Download PDF (2.52Mb) | ISBN 1 87 1997 09 7
NHSBSP Publication No. 46: Good practice in breast and cervical screening for women with learning disabilities
October 2000 | Summary | Download PDF (899Kb) | ISBN 1 87 1997 14 3
Replaced by Equal access to breast and cervical screening for disabled women (April 2006)
NHSBSP Publication No. 48: Computer aided detection in mammography
January 2001 | Summary | Download PDF (468Kb) | ISBN 1 87 1997 34 8
NHSBSP Publication No. 49: Clinical guidelines for breast cancer screening assessment
January 2001 (1st edition) | Summary | Download PDF (330Kb) | ISBN 1 87 1997 39 9
January 2005 (2nd edition) | Summary | Download PDF (431Kb) | ISBN 1 84463 020 X
NHSBSP Publication No. 50: Guidelines for Non-operative Diagnostic Procedures and Reporting in Breast Cancer Screening
June 2001 | Summary | Download PDF | ISBN 1 87199 744 5
NHSBSP Publication No. 51: Guidance notes for the evaluation of mammographic x-ray equipment
October 2002 | Summary | Download PDF (222Kb) | ISBN 1 87 1997 64 X
NHSBSP Publication No. 52: Organising a breast screening programme
December 2002 | Summary | Download PDF (213Kb) | ISBN 1 871997 74 7
NHSBSP Publication No. 54: Radiation risk in breast screening
February 2003 | Summary | Download PDF (207Kb)
NHSBSP Publication No. 56: Performance of Mammographic Equipment in the UK Breast Screening Programme in 2000/2001
September 2003 | Summary | Download PDF (2.19Mb) | ISBN 1 84463 006 4
NHSBSP Publication No 59: Quality assurance guidelines for breast cancer screening radiology
January 2005 | Summary | Download PDF (482Kb) | ISBN 1 84463 019 6
NHSBSP Publication No 62: Audit of breast cancers in women aged 50 to 74
April 2006 | Summary | Download PDF (260Kb) | ISBN 1 84463 032 3
NHSBSP Publication No 67: Audit of Physics Services to the NHSBSP in 2007
December 2008 | Summary | Download PDF (490Kb)
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