A new static site for breast screening in West Sussex has led to greater attendance among eligible women, with uptake improving across the region more broadly.
NHS breast screening is offered to women aged from 50 and up to their 71st birthday, including at the site which opened at Crawley Hospital in January.
According to the West Sussex screening service, which covers the county and parts of Surrey, 2,217 of the 2,769 people invited for a mammogram since then have attended.
This represents an 80% uptake, which compares favourably with the 70% seen nationally.
Dr Olga Strukowska, consultant radiologist and director of West Sussex screening service, believes this is largely down to local engagement which “we have been doing it for quite some time”.
Prior to this new static site opening in Crawley screenings took place solely in mobile units.
Rebecca Corbett, quality and improvement manager for West Sussex Brighton and Hove breast screening service, said this resulted in those who struggled to access those units having to go to Worthing Hospital.
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