NHS Breast Screening Programme Publications: Medical Physics

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Quality assurance guidelines for medical physics services

NHSBSP Publication No 33
Jun 2005 (second edition)
Summary - Download PDF (756Kb)ISBN 1 84463 016 1
 

IRMER guidance notes

Guidance on the justification for repeat screening in the NHSBSP

Occasional report 02/04
Nov 2002
 

Guidance notes for the implementation of the ionising regulation [medical exposure] regulations 2000 in the NHSBSP

Occasional report (unnumbered)
Dec 2000
 

Radiation Risk in Breast Screening

This review considers the risks and benefits of using ionising radiation to screen for breast cancer in the context of the NHS Breast Screening Programme.

NHSBSP Publication No 54
Feb 2003
Summary - Download PDF (207Kb)ISBN 1 87 1997 99 2
 

Medical physics services

Audit of Physics Services to the NHSBSP in 2003

NHSBSP Equipment Report 0404
Summary - Download PDF (425Kb)Jul 2004

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