BREASTCHECK OFFERING WOMEN IN WEST CORK SECOND CHANCE FOR SCREENING
- 02 June 2010
BreastCheck – The National Breast Screening Programme is currently offering free breast mammograms to women living in Bantry and surrounding West Cork areas. The Government-funded screening service is offered to women aged between 50 and 64 every two years. Women living in West Cork who could not attend their first appointment will receive a second appointment by post in the coming weeks.
BreastCheck is offering women free mammograms at a mobile digital screening unit located in the grounds of Bantry Hospital.
BreastCheck urges every woman who receives an appointment to attend for her free mammogram. Any woman who receives an appointment for a time or date that doesn’t suit can easily rearrange it by calling the BreastCheck Southern Unit on (021) 464 9700.
BreastCheck advises all women aged 50 to 64 to make sure their name is on the BreastCheck register by calling Freephone 1800 45 45 55 or checking online at www.breastcheck.ie.
Once on the register and known to the programme, a woman will automatically receive her invitation for a mammogram when BreastCheck is screening in her area.
If a woman is not on the BreastCheck register, there are two simple ways to have her details added. She can either register herself online in the ‘self search and register online’ section of www.breastcheck.ie or there are self registration forms available from BreastCheck that can be completed and returned by Freepost. These forms are available on request by calling the BreastCheck information line on Freephone 1800 45 45 55.
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