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Breast Cancer Screening Dashboard

Description

The NHS breast screening coverage target (for women aged 50–70) is set at a minimum acceptable level of 70% and an achievable level of 80%. Coverage measures the percentage of eligible women screened within the last three years, with national efforts aiming for 80% to ensure early detection and therefore enhance the likelihood of long-term survival. To do this, we need to significantly focus on reducing cancer inequalities by making care more possible, more focused on what local populations need, and by eradicating structural inequality within the cancer pathway. This population health tool was initiated and developed through partnership working between the NWL IB team and RM Partners Cancer Alliance (using WSIC data). Together we have a joint ambition of providing equitable cancer care for all our residents. This suite of tools has been developed to support NWL PCNs all practices, and the ICS review their real time breast screening data at borough, PCN and Practice level. The dashboard considers NWL GP registered individuals aged 50 – 71 who have undergone breast cancer screening within the past 3 years*; and the population demographics of the screened vs not screened cohorts. Please refer to the dashboard user guide - https://www.nwlondonicb.nhs.uk/download_file/10134/0

Results/Insights

The Breast Cancer Screening dashboard enables those working across NWL (both clinical and non-clinical staff), to determine the number of screened and unscreened patients in their Borough, PCN and Practice. It also targets inequalities by understanding the deprivation and ethnicity makeup of their Borough, PCN and Practice, and to help tailor interventions to specific communities and encourage them to attend for breast screening.

Details

License

Available upon request

Last Updated

17/04/2026

Associated Authors

North West London ICB - Whole Systems Integrated Care (WSIC)

North West London Patient Index (NWL PI)
Dataset population size: 2,684,730
Health and disease
North West London Breast Screening Data
Dataset population size: 331,469
Health and disease, Measurements/Tests