NHS Breast Screening Programme in England: Invitations, Coverage, and Outcomes

England's NHS Breast Screening Programme invites women aged 50 to 70 for screening every three years. The dataset includes information on invitations, coverage, uptake, screening outcomes, and cancers detected. NHS Digital produced this report, last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze screening program coverage and uptake rates based on invitation data.
• Model early-stage cancer detection outcomes based on screening results.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of a national screening program over time.

Strengths

• Data covers a national public health program in England.
• Report includes multiple metrics: invitations, coverage, uptake, and outcomes.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:05.352840; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NHS Digital

Collection Method

Likely collected through the administration of the national NHS Breast Screening Programme.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:05.352840

Geography

England