Breast Screening

What Breast Screening does

Breast Screening (operating as the Jarvis Breast Centre) is an NHS public-sector breast cancer screening service based at Stoughton Road, Guildford, UK, serving women aged 50-71 across Surrey and North East Hampshire. It is one of the largest NHS breast screening services in England, issuing over 70,000 invitations per year for free x-ray mammography, with results returned within 2-3 weeks and any abnormal findings referred to the Guildford assessment centre. The clinical workflow is built on conventional mammography hardware augmented by a mandatory double-reader protocol (two independent mammography experts review each image set), an all-female clinical team, and a hybrid delivery model combining static clinic sites with mobile screening vans deployed at convenient regional locations.

The service operates as a free-at-point-of-use public health programme funded by NHS England via UK general taxation, with women auto-identified through GP records and invited on a triennial cycle rather than via self-referral or commercial demand generation. There is no commercial pricing model, no customer billing, and no individual customer logos; the sole counterparty is the NHS as institutional payer. Beyond screening, the entity runs the Jarvis National Breast Centre Education and Training Centre, delivering a Mammography Associate Apprenticeship (Level 4), a Level 5 Assistant Practitioner Apprenticeship with the University of Bolton, PgCert advanced practice modules, and a three-year part-time MSc in Advanced Breast Practice, in collaboration with Royal Free NHS London Foundation Trust, St George's University of London, and InHealth.

Commercially, the entity is not investable in the conventional PE/VC sense: it is a government_state_entity domiciled in the United Kingdom with no parent company, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no disclosed financial figures. The training division is the only adjacent product surface with potential external revenue, and even there the partners (NHS trusts and UK universities) tie the commercial model back to public-sector commissioning. The investment-relevant analytical lens is therefore one of operational benchmarking, workforce pipeline development, and any future AI-assisted mammography adoption rather than equity growth.

Name

Breast Screening

Legal name

NHS Breast Screening Service

Website

https://breast-screening.surrey.nhs.uk

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Jarvis Breast Centre is an NHS public-sector breast screening service in Guildford, UK, providing free x-ray mammography to over 70,000 women aged 50-71 annually across Surrey and North East Hampshire, and running a national mammography training and apprenticeship division.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Breast Cancer Screening Services

NAICS

Diagnostic Imaging Centers (621512), Offices of Physicians (62111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Breast Imaging Centers (Mammography/Tomosynthesis) (HLAFAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Women’s Imaging & Breast Health Centers (HLAFAJAJ)

Keywords

• Breast cancer screening
• Mammography services
• Diagnostic imaging
• Radiography training
• Public health screening

Headquarters

HQ city

Guildford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. NHS Funded Screening Service: Free at point of use screening service funded by the National Health Service (NHS). The service is provided at no cost to eligible women aged 50-70 years as part of the national breast screening programme.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The NHS Breast Screening Service operates the Jarvis Breast Centre in Guildford, providing free breast cancer screening mammography to women aged 50-71 in Surrey and North East Hampshire. Two independent mammography experts review each set of screening images, and follow-up assessment services are delivered at the Jarvis Breast Centre for women with abnormal results. The service also runs education and training programmes for mammography staff through partnerships with Royal Free NHS London Foundation Trust, St George's University of London, University of Bolton, and InHealth.

Product overview

Breast Screening is an NHS service providing breast cancer screening mammography to women aged 50-71 in Surrey and North East Hampshire. The core offering is screening mammography delivered at local clinics and mobile vans, with assessment services at the Jarvis Breast Centre in Guildford for women requiring further investigation. The education and training division offers professional development programs for mammography staff including the Mammography Associate Apprenticeship (Level 4), Level 5 Assistant Practitioner Apprenticeship, Advance Practice Modules (PgCert), and Advanced Breast Practice MSc, delivered in collaboration with Royal Free NHS London Foundation Trust and St George's University of London.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Breast Screening Service
• Jarvis Breast Centre Assessment
• Mammography Associate Apprenticeship (MAA)
• Advance Practice Modules
• Advanced Breast Practice MSc
• Level 5 Assistant Practitioner Apprenticeship (Health) - Specialising in Mammography

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Royal Free NHS London Foundation TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with the Jarvis National Breast Centre Education and Training Centre to deliver postgraduate education and training programmes in breast screening, diagnosis, and treatment. Partners on curriculum development and accreditation for clinical staff training.
• St George's University of LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with the Jarvis National Breast Centre Education and Training Centre to deliver advanced practice modules and MSc programmes in breast practice. Provides academic accreditation for mammography and breast screening training programmes.
• InHealthsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partner collaborating on mammography associate apprenticeship programmes and education initiatives to address the national skills shortage in radiography and mammography.
• University of BoltonsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with the Jarvis National Breast Centre on the Level 5 Assistant Practitioner Apprenticeship (Health) specialising in mammography. This combined foundation degree and apprenticeship is suitable for existing Mammography Associates and Assistant Practitioners.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Nuffield Health: UK independent hospital and diagnostic provider offering private breast screening and imaging services. Comparable as a provider of breast imaging diagnostics to a UK patient base, though on a private-pay rather than NHS-funded model.
• Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust: NHS specialist cancer hospital providing breast cancer diagnosis and treatment downstream of breast screening. Comparable as a publicly funded breast cancer diagnostic and treatment provider in the South East of England.
• The Christie NHS Foundation Trust: One of the largest NHS cancer treatment centres in the UK, providing breast cancer diagnostic and treatment services. Comparable as a publicly funded provider of breast cancer care pathways downstream of screening.
• HCA Healthcare UK: UK private hospital group providing breast screening, imaging, and cancer diagnostic services. Comparable as a provider of breast imaging and diagnostics to UK patients, though premium-priced and not NHS-funded.
• St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: NHS academic partner providing MSc accreditation for the Jarvis breast practice programmes. Comparable as a publicly funded provider of clinical and academic healthcare services in the same regional NHS system.
• Bupa Health Clinics: UK private health provider offering breast screening and diagnostics services. Comparable as a community-based breast screening provider in the UK, though on a private-pay model rather than the NHS-funded Jarvis service.
• Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust: NHS foundation trust delivering postgraduate education and training programmes in partnership with the Jarvis Breast Centre. Comparable as a publicly funded NHS provider of diagnostic and specialty clinical services operating at scale across London and the South East.

Direct peers

• InHealth: UK's largest specialist provider of diagnostic imaging and screening services, including mammography, and a named training partner of the Jarvis Breast Centre. Operates mobile and static community-based screening models directly comparable to the Jarvis operating model.
• Alliance Medical: UK diagnostic imaging provider delivering mobile and fixed-site imaging including breast screening services to the NHS. Comparable as a contracted provider of mammography and community imaging under NHS framework arrangements.

Emerging players

• Care UK: UK independent provider of NHS-funded clinical services including diagnostics and outpatient care. Comparable as a contracted NHS services provider operating in adjacent diagnostic and community health segments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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