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Guidance

Breast screening: organising very high risk (VHR) screening

Information for breast screening service staff about how to organise very high risk (VHR) screening as part of the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHS BSP).

From:
NHS England
Published
1 March 2013
Last updated
623 AugustMarch 20252026 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Breast screening: guidance for organising a Very High Risk (VHR) screening programme

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Every screening service is expected to have arrangements in place for managing women in their area who are eligible for VHR screening. These women have been assessed as:

  • being at higher risk of developing breast cancer than the general population
  • meeting the eligibility criteria

All the VHR letters and forms referred to in this guidance are available on the National Breast Screening System (NBSS) IT system.

Updates to this page

Published 1 March 2013
Last updated 623 AugustMarch 20252026 + show all updates

  2. Added links to the New Registration form for Breast Screening

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Update history

2026-03-23 10:58
Updates to guidance to reflect IT changes.

2025-08-06 11:35
Added links to the New Registration form for Breast Screening

2025-07-04 13:00
The revisions to the organising a VHR programme guidance are to incorporate the changes to the way referrals from clinical genetics services are undertaken (due to the implementation of the National Inherited Cancer Predisposition Register (NICPR)). There are also revisions due to IT changes which automate the calculation of next test due dates (NTDD).