A A A Home About Breast Screening Screening Appointments Publications Useful Links FAQs Contact Us ****************Last updated 28th September 2021******************* We continue to experience an extremely high number of phone calls and we apologise for any difficulties you may have in contacting the breast screening office. Due to the backlog following the pandemic we are trying to open up as many clinics as possible. This is causing high demand for appointments. Please use the email address where possible (bsapts@mft.nhs.uk)for any queries or leave a voicemail. We will reply to you as soon as we can. Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience. ************************************************************************************************************************************** The Greater Manchester Breast Screening Programme was suspended in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We re-opened in July 2020 and are fully PPE and infection prevention compliant. All eligible women whose appointments were paused due to the suspension of the programme will be invited for their breast screening in due course, with those who have been waiting longest being appointed first. Please be assured that your appointments have not been forgotten and we will contact you in the near future. You will receive an open invitation prompting you to contact us and book your appointment. We are now offering self-referral appointments for the over 71 ladies. If you have any concerns about your breasts please contact your GP for further advice The Greater Manchester Breast Screening Programme The Greater Manchester Breast Screening Programme (GMBSP) is part of the National Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) and is one of the largest screening breast screening services in England. The GMBSP provides a free breast screening service for well women aged between 50 and up to their 71st birthday, resident in Greater Manchester. We aim to provide and promote an efficient and effective, high quality breast screening service, to all eligible women within a caring environment. Breast screening aims to find breast cancer at an early stage, often before there are any symptoms. To do this, an x-ray is taken of each breast (mammogram). Early detection may often mean simpler and more successful treatment. Read more about breast screening For Every 500 Women Screened 1 Life Will Be Saved Languages Options Information about breast screening is also available in other languages. Please select your language from the list below to download the relevant guide. Changing Your Appointment If you already have an appointment, but would like to change it, just complete the change your appointment form and we will rearrange it for you. We would also encourage you to contact us with your mobile telephone number. We use mobile numbers to send you reminders about your appointment or to alert you about any clinic cancellations. Change your appointment Invitation for Breast Screening We invite around 65,000 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 women between the ages of 50 and 70 will be routinely invited. View which GP Practices are inviting women in the next 3 months Prevent Breast Cancer Charity The Prevent Breast Cancer Prevention Appeal is the only charity in the UK dedicated to the prevention of breast cancer. The charity funds vital research into breast cancer prevention strategies and promotes breast screening and early diagnosis. Click here to find out more Run by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Visit the MFT website Be Breast Aware Become familiar with your breasts and how they change. Learn about breast awareness Step-by-Step Guide Understand what's involved in having a breast x-ray (mammogram). Download the guide (multilingual) About Breast Screening 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 screening Where We Screen We screen at various convenient places across Greater Manchester. Find out where we screen Home Contact Us NHS Breast Screening Service. © 2009 Peel and Schriek Consulting Ltd.