Mobile breast screening unit to visit Aberlour

THE North East Scotland mobile breast screening service will be on site in Aberlour later this month.

The mobile unit will be stationed at the car park opposite Aberlour Health Centre, on Queens Road, from Monday, April 26, until the beginning of June.

Women aged 50-70 who are registered with a GP at Rinnes Medical Group, Aberlour Health Centre and Glenlivet Medical Practice will receive an invitation to attend.

The letters are sent out four weeks prior to appointment dates.

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."

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