North East Scotland Mobile Breast Screening Unit - Elgin 2024
Published: 30/07/2024 12:30The North East Scotland Mobile Breast Screening Service will commence screening in Elgin on Monday 5th August 2024 for approximately 3 months. The Mobile Unit will be sited in the car park at Asda, Edgar Road, Elgin, IV30 6YQ.
Women aged 50-70 years of age who are registered with a General Practitioner at Linkwood Medical, Maryhill Group Practice and Fochabers Medical Practice will receive an invitation to attend. The letters are sent out 4 weeks before their appointment date. Women aged 71 years and over are not sent an invitation, however, they can make their own appointment by contacting the Screening Centre (01224 550570).
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. The risk of developing breast cancer increases as you get older, so if any woman missed or failed to attend their previous invitation, it is still important to come along for screening this time.”