North East Scotland Mobile Breast Screening Unit - Stonehaven and Laurencekirk
Published: 12/12/2022 14:38The North East Scotland Mobile Breast Screening Service will commence screening in Stonehaven on 20th December 2022 for approximately 3 months. The Mobile Unit will be sited in the car park at Kincardine Community Hospital, Kirkton Road, Stonehaven, AB39 2NJ. Women aged 50-70 years of age who are registered with a General Practitioner at Inverbervie Medical Group and Stonehaven Medical Group will receive an invitation to attend in Stonehaven. The letters are sent out 4 weeks before their appointment date.
Screening will also commence in Laurencekirk on 21st December 2022 for approximately 7 weeks. The Mobile Unit will be sited in the car park at Laurencekirk Medical Group, Blackiemuir Avenue, Laurencekirk, AB30 1GX. Women aged 50-70 years of age who are registered with a General Practitioner at the Auchenblae Medical Centre and Laurencekirk Medical Group will receive an invitation to attend in Laurencekirk. The letters are sent out 4 weeks before their appointment date.
Mrs Sarah Philip, Manager for the Breast Screening Service said “The aim of the programme is to detect breast changes at an early stage when treatment has the best chance of being successful. We hope that women invited for the first time will take advantage of their invitation for mammography and for women who have been screened previously, it is important to attend to ensure that there have been no changes over the past three years. Women who missed or failed to attend their previous invitation are encouraged to come along for screening this time. Unfortunately, due to the backlog created by the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a pause on ladies out with the eligible age group self-referring for a mammogram. This pause is gradually being lifted. Please go to NHS Inform Scotland for details of eligibility at https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/screening/breast/breast-screening We encourage anyone with symptoms or changes to their breast to see their GP.”