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Breast screening review makes 17 recommendations to improve services

A major review of breast screening in Scotland has made 17 recommendations to strengthen and improve services. Policy in NHS Scotland – and across the UK – is that all women aged 50 to 70 are invited for breast screening once every three years. ...

24 May 2022 at 19:45

Scotland

Concerns raised about ‘shocking disparity’ in breast screening rates

Less than two-thirds of women from the poorest areas are attending for routine breast screening, new figures show, with concerns raised about the “shocking disparity in access to care”. Labour’s Carol Mochan is demanding a meeting with women’s ...

25 Apr 2023 at 20:17

‘AI may be able to safely assess breast cancer scans’

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools can “safely” read breast cancer screening images, a preliminary study suggests. Researchers found that computer-aided detection could spot cancer in mammograms – X-ray pictures of the breast – at a “similar ...

01 Aug 2023 at 23:30

Local News

Breast screening appointments released in run up to International Women’s Day

To celebrate International Women’s Day, leading NI cancer charity Action Cancer has released breast screening appointments and is encouraging women to book their screening slot online. The theme for International Women's Day on Friday, 8th ...

01 Mar 2024 at 16:33

Pictures & Videos

IN PICTURES: Seán Dolans GAC Ladies coffee morning in aid of Altnagelvin Hospital Breast Screening Unit

Doire Trasna CLG and Seán Dolans GAC Ladies pictured with Mayor Patricia Logue at a Coffee Morning in aid of the Breast Screening Unit, Altnagelvin Hospital. The coffee morning was held at Seán Dolans GAC Club. (Photos - Deirdre Heaney, ...

01 Nov 2023 at 19:33

Scotland

Poorest women less likely to access vital breast cancer screening – figures

Women from the poorest communities are being “overlooked” on breast cancer testing despite screening figures reaching their highest ever level in a three-year period, Scottish Labour has said. More than three quarters of women in ...

14 May 2024 at 12:10

AI could detect heart risk from breast screening images, study suggests

Artificial intelligence (AI) trained on images from routine breast screening appointments could help predict heart problems in women, a study suggests. The technology could offer a “cost-effective, ‘two for one’” opportunity to ...

16 Sept 2025 at 23:30

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