BreastScreen keeps screening rural women

South West Queensland women are showing concern that the BreastScreen Queensland program won’t reach their doorsteps.
BreastScreen Queensland Health Promotion Officer Jessica Hobbs assured rural women that the breastscreening van would continue to tour South West Queensland.
“We’ve had a few phonecalls from rural women about the breastscreening service and want them to know they don’t need to be concerned about the service being taken away from rural areas,” she said.
“The mobile service will continue on its two-yearly visits. The service is currently in Crows Nest and will continue through the South Burnett and onto the Western Downs.
“If women want to find out when the mobile service will be back in their region, they can phone 13 20 50 to find out the dates and location of their closest service.”
Ms Hobbs said BreastScreen Queensland is a nationally accredited service that prides itself on their state of the art service.
“Women will continue to be able to access this wonderful service and will still receive their reminder letters every two years,” she said.
BreastScreen Queensland Toowoomba Service encourages all women aged 50 – 69 years to have a breast screen every two years. However, the program is available to all women over 40 years of age.
For more information or to make an appointment, phone 13 20 50 today.