Quality assurance guidelines
NHSBSP 70: Guidance notes for the acquisition and testing of ultrasound scanners for use in the NHS Breast Screening Programme
Published April 2011| Summary | Download PDF (1.6Mb)
NHSBSP 33: Quality assurance guidelines for medical physics services
Published June 2005 (second edition)| Summary | Download PDF (756Kb)
Medical physics services
NHSBSP Equipment Report 0404: Audit of Physics Services to the NHSBSP in 2003
Published July 2004 | Summary | Download PDF (425Kb)
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