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Cancer Networks have developed since the NHS Breast Cancer Screening Programme was established in the late 1980's. In an ideal world they would overlap and be able to relate closely but this is not the case.
There are two programmes in Sussex:
- East Sussex, Brighton & Hove Breast Screening Programme based at the Royal Sussex County Hospital
- West Sussex Breast Screening Programme based at Worthing Hospital
Whilst East Sussex, Brighton & Hove Breast Screening Programme covers most of the Sussex Cancer Network population the West Sussex service needs to relate to three networks:
- Sussex Cancer Network
- Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire Cancer Network
- Central South Coast Cancer Network
Both services relate to the South East Coast Quality Assurance Reference Centre.
County based groups, including programme staff, commissioners, public health and the Sussex Cancer Network, meet regularly.