Guidance
Breast screening: remote radiographic supervision
Guidance for breast screening services on assistant practitioners (APs) working with remote radiographic supervision.
Applies to England
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This guidance covers:
- identifying levels of training and experience of assistant practitioners (APs)
- Ionising Radiation Medical Exposure Regulations (IR(ME)R) considerations
- governance requirements
- practical requirements
- running an implementation pilot
- audit and quality assurance during the pilot period
Updates to this page
Published 21 September 2020
Last updated 1 August 2025
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Changed lead organisation from Public Health England to NHS England. Removed reference to screening helpdesk.
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Amended '(IR(ME)R requirements for APs working on mobile units with remote supervision', clarifying local authorisation guidance.
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First published.