Over 70? You are still entitled to breast screening
Over 70? You are still entitled to breast screening |
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This leaflet tells women over 70 that they are entitled to request breast screening every three years. It explains the risks of breast cancer and encourages older women to be breast aware.
This leaflet is also available in a British Sign Language DVD and in an audio CD set. Copies of NHS Cancer Screening Programme publications are normally free of charge for staff working within the NHS, the voluntary sector and for healthcare students. To obtain details of prices and availability of publications to those outside the NHS, please contact the Department of Health publication orderline: Telephone: 0300 123 1002, Textphone: 0300 123 1003. Publication orders can be placed via the Department of Health publications website. Go to http://www.orderline.dh.gov.uk. You need to be a registered customer to place orders. If you have an existing customer number you can register online or call 01300 123 1002 to set up an account. Orders can also be placed by telephone on 0300 123 1002 (no account required). Screening appointment cards for the over 70s
Published 2010 Women aged 70 and over are not routinely invited for screening but are encouraged to make their own appointments every three years. These cards are given to women at their last invited screening appointment to remind them to make an appointment and to provide them with a contact number. Copies of NHS Cancer Screening Programme publications are normally free of charge for staff working within the NHS, the voluntary sector and for healthcare students. To obtain details of prices and availability of publications to those outside the NHS, please contact the Department of Health publication orderline: Telephone: 0300 123 1002, Textphone: 0300 123 1003. Publication orders can be placed via the Department of Health publications website. Go to http://www.orderline.dh.gov.uk. You need to be a registered customer to place orders. If you have an existing customer number you can register online or call 01300 123 1002 to set up an account. Orders can also be placed by telephone on 0300 123 1002 (no account required). |
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