Improving the quality of the written information sent to women about breast screening

Guidelines on the Content of Letters and Leaflets

NHSBSP Pub. No. 65

(PDF format, PDF 373Kb)

ISBN 978-1-84463-045-5
Published August 2007

These guidelines are based on a systematic review undertaken by staff at the Cancer Research UK Primary Care Education Research Group.

They summarise, in the form of practical checklists, current NHS Breast Screening Programme policies and standards for written information and the issues that the research evidence suggests should be included in the leaflets and letters. They update and replace Guidelines on Improving the Quality of the Written Information Sent to Women who are Recalled for Assessment (NHSBSP Publication No 38), which was published in 1998.

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