South Birmingham Breast Screening Service

Telephone: 0121 335 8050 or email: screening@uhb.nhs.uk

The South Birmingham Breast Screening Service is part of the National Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) and invites over 18,000 local women for screening each year. We provide a free breast screening service for women aged between 50 and 71, resident in Heart of Birmingham and South Birmingham. If you are over 71 you may contact us for an appointment as you will not be automatically invited, you can self-refer every 3 years.

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

Useful information

You will receive your invitation with a time, date and location of your appointment when we are inviting your GP practice. Please do all you can to attend this important appointment but if you need to rearrange or cancel your appointment, please contact us.

Please also contact us if you need additional support to attend your appointment, for example if you have:

a learning disability or mobility problems,

have breast implants,

have a pacemaker or any other implanted medical device,

are under the care of a breast consultant,

have had a mammogram within the last six months,

are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Don't forget to be breast aware, if you do notice an abnormal change, contact your local GP straight away.

To view a video about our screening unit please click here.

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Make or Change an Appointment

If you have been invited to make an appointment or you already have an appointment, but would like to change it, we will be very happy to arrange this for you.

Please click here to arrange your appointment.

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Invitation for Breast Screening

Screening is normally 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 invited.

Find out more about when your practice is due

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