Jim Steel is a consultant breast radiologist working in Plymouth. He is currently service line director for breast services, and for many years was the unit director for West Devon and East Cornwall. He has been a member of several national committees over the years, a QA co-ordinator for radiology, and an National Breast Screening System (NBSS) board member. He is on the design steering group for the new NBSS.
The next release of the National Breast Screening System is introducing a new ‘reason for recall’ field, allowing mammogram image readers to report the reason for images being recalled.