South West London Breast Screening Programme
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Welcome to The West of London Breast Screening Service


The West of London Breast Screening Service is part of the NHS Breast Screening Programme. We provide services to women registered with GPs in Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.

Breast screening is a way of detecting breast cancer early, when it is too small for you or your doctor to see or feel. It involves a female radiographer taking x-rays, called a mammograms, of the breasts. Early detection of breast cancer often means simpler and more successful treatment. It is estimated that breast screening saves the lives of 1,400 women in England every year.

Read more about breast screening



Language Options

Information about breast screening is also available in other languages, please select the language you require from the list below.
Bengali - step by step guide    Farsi - step by step guide    French - step by step guide    Greek - step by step guide    Hindi - step by step guide   Polish - step by step guide    Somali - step by step guide    Tamil - step by step guide    Turkish - step by step guide

A short guide to breast health is also available in other languages.


Change your appointment

Changing Your Appointment

If you already have an appointment, but would like to change it, just complete the on-line form and we will rearrange it for you.

Please note that between 21 April and 14 July, 2012, we are able to offer breast screening appointments on Saturdays.

Change your appointment


Invitation for breast screening

Invitation for Breast Screening

The West of London Breast Screening Service invites over 50,000 women per year for screening. Screening is organised according to your GP practice. Once every three years your GP practice will be contacted and all eligible women will be routinely invited. See Screening Appointments for more information.

View which GP Practices are being invited for screening in the next 6 months.












   

Be Breast Aware

Be Breast Aware

It is important to look after your breasts by being breast aware.

Find out what it means to be breast aware.

Step-by-Step Guide

step by step guide

Understand what's involved in having a breast x-ray (mammogram).

Download the guide (multilingual)

About Breast Screening

What is a Mammography

Breast Screening (Mammography) is an x-ray examination of the breasts and is a method of finding breast cancer at a very early stage.

Learn more about breast screening

Where We Screen

We screen at five sites across West London.

Find out where we screen

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