Aberdeenshire women invited by NHS Grampian to breast screening
Women in Huntly and surrounding communities have been invited to a breast screening appointment.
The appointments, carried out by the North East Scotland Mobile Breast Screening Service will begin in Huntly on Tuesday, January 21 for approximately three weeks.
Mobile units will be located in the Tesco car park on Deveron Way.
Women between 50 and 70 years of age, who are registered with at the Bydand Medical Group, will receive an invitation to attend.
Letters are sent out four weeks before the appointment date.
Those aged 71 years and over are not sent an invitation, however, they can make their own appointment by contacting the Screening Centre on 01224 550570.
Manager Sarah Philip 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.”
