Breast Screening - The Facts
Designed to ensure that women are told what screening can and cannot achieve, the leaflet includes an explanation about false positive and false negative results, and addresses the need to inform patients about the use made of personal information for audit, as set out in the General Medical Council guidance on confidentiality.
The facts (English)
The facts (translated into 18 languages)
The facts (large print)
Available in other formats
British Sign Language DVD
Audio CD set (languages include English, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu).
A Braille version is also available.
Over 70? You are still entitled to breast screening
This leaflet tells women over 70 that they are entitled to request breast screening every three years. It explains the risks of breast cancer and encourages older women to be breast aware.
Over 70? You are still entitled to breast screening
(available in seven languages).
Available in other formats
British Sign Language DVD
Audio CD set (languages include English, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu).
Screening appointment cards for the over 70s
Breast implants and breast screening
All women in the screening age group are invited for screening, including those with breast implants who may have specific requirements and concerns. This leaflet is designed to give women information about how breast implants affect mammography.
The leaflet is designed to give women information about how breast implants affect mammography.
Breast implants and breast screening
Be Breast Aware
A leaflet produced by the NHS Breast Screening Programme and the Cancer Research UK
Be Breast Aware (English and 18 other languages)
Be Breast Aware (large print)
Available in other formats
British Sign Language DVD
Audio CD set
Breast Screening: A Pocket Guide
This booklet is a simple guide to breast screening designed for anyone who works or takes an interest in the breast screening programme.
Breast Screening: A Pocket Guide
An Easy Guide to Breast Screening
A picture leaflet for women with a learning disability to tell them about breast screening and where to get more information.
An Easy Guide to Breast Screening
Breast Screening: Your Health, Your Choice (DVD)
Aimed at women in the Chinese and South Asian communities, explains how the NHS Breast Screening Programme is organised, what is involved in having a mammogram and the benefits and difficulties associated with screening.
Breast Screening: Your Health, Your Choice (DVD)
Programme Promotion Posters
High resolution PDF files of the screening programme posters produced by the NHSCSP. You may download them for your own use, and add a local contact number (eg of a local screening centre) if you wish. The posters may not be altered in any other way without the permission of the NHSCSP.