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Locations
BreastScreen NSW operates at more than 150
locations state-wide. These locations include 36 fixed sites and more
than an additional 120 locations visited by our mobile screening
units.
Directions to
the screening centre at which you have made your appointment will be
sent to you along with a confirmation prior to your appointment.
How to make an
appointment
Appointments at BreastScreen NSW are available
for women aged over 40 years simply by calling 13 20 50. Your free
appointment can be made at one of our more than 150 locations. We look
forward to your call.
Interpreter service
Interpreters are available when making a booking
with BreastScreen NSW by phoning the Translating and Interpreting
Service on 13 14 50. The interpreter service will assist you to make
an appointment with BreastScreen NSW.
Interpreters are also available free of charge
when you have a screening mammogram. Please let the booking clerk know
you would like an interpreter at the time your appointment is made.
Additional time may be required to organise an interpreter to be
available for you at your appointment.
Invitations and
reminders
BreastScreen NSW provides free screening
mammograms to all women aged over 40 years. The Program especially
encourages women aged 50 to 69 years to screen.
Invitations to make an appointment with
BreastScreen NSW are sent to women after they turn 50 years of age.
BreastScreen has been given permission to use the Electoral Roll to
access names and addresses of women to invite to the service.
Women aged between 50 and 69 years who have
previously screened with BreastScreen NSW will automatically be sent a
reminder letter when they are next due. It is important to have
regular mammograms every two years as changes in the breasts, such as
cancer, develop over time and having one mammogram is not enough. Also
the risk of developing breast cancer increases with age.
Women aged 40 to 49 years or over 70 years will
not be sent reminders. These women are still eligible for free
screening mammograms.
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