East Midlands Breast Pain Pathway: An Evaluation of Community Breast Pain Clinics Across the East Midlands Cancer Alliance

The CBPC offers significant benefits in patient experience and value for money, with no evidence of reducing patient safety. The impacts of the clinics appear to be reproducible across all five centres in the East Midlands (a population of 5.5 million). Recommendations on further assessment on optimal staff mix and clinic cost mechanisms should be considered to maximise benefits.