Breast Screening Service - Patient information

The patient information resources below are available to download in PDF format. To read them you will need Adobe Reader. If you do not have Adobe Reader already installed on your PC, you can download a free copy here.

If you require any of these resources in a more accessible or different format please email ncm.bsteam@nhs.net

Information for people with learning disabilities

Below is a video that you can watch about women with learning disabilities who are attending breast screening. The video was produced by Avon Breast Screening. It is about 11 minutes long.

Information for people with disabilities

Please contact us to discuss your screening appointment, as we would like to allocate more time for your appointment. Your appointment will be made at one of our screening site locations, where we have larger rooms and accessible facilities. If you require transport for your appointment, please contact us and we can provide the details for the Patient Transport Service.

If you use a wheelchair or are unsteady on your feet, we have a special chair we can use to do your mammogram. If the arms come off your own wheelchair, we may also be able to do the mammogram while you are sat in your own wheelchair.

Familiarisation sessions are also available if you are unsure about coming for a mammogram, want to see the equipment and meet our staff beforehand. Please contact us so we can arrange this.

Easy read guide to breast screening

A picture leaflet for women with a learning disability about breast screening and where to get more information.

Please click on the title below to download the leaflet as a PDF document.

Easy read guide

You and your breasts leaflet (multiple languages available)

A simple guide to you and your breasts, including a five point code to breast awareness.

Please click on the title below to download the leaflet as a PDF document.

Breast leaflet in English

Breast leaflet in Albanian

Breast leaflet in Arabic

Breast leaflet in Hindi

Breast leaflet in Punjabi

Breast leaflet in Somali

Breast leaflet in Sylhetti

Breast leaflet in Turkish

Breast leaflet in Urdu

Your guide to NHS breast screening (multiple languages available) and British Sign Language (BSL) video

This leaflet provides information about NHS breast screening you may find helpful. You can choose if you take part in breast screening.

Your guide to the NHS breast screening leaflet.

Your guide to the NHS breast screening leaflet - multiple languages

You can listen to an audio podcast version of the ‘Your guide to NHS breast screening’ leaflet.

To help increase the accessibility of our screening programme information, a British Sign Language (BSL) video has also been developed.

Based on the ‘Your guide to’ screening programme leaflet, the video below covers information on how the individual screening programmes work, who we offer screening to and why, what to expect at your appointment and with your results.

71 or over? You can still have breast screening if you choose

If you are aged 71 or over, we do not automatically invite you for breast screening. However, you do have the right to free screening every three years if you ask. Please contact the service to request an appointment.

This information tells you more about the risk of breast cancer beyond the age of 71 and the possible benefits and risks of screening.

Read breast screening guidance from NHS England for women aged 71 or over.

Breast implants and breast screening

All women in the screening age group are invited for screening, including those with breast implants who may have specific requirements and concerns.

This leaflet is designed to give women information about how breast implants affect mammography.

What to expect when you attend your breast screening appointment video

NHS.uk has published a video showing patients what to expect when they attend their breast screening (mammogram) appointment.

The video, features Letitia Adamah-Miles, Deputy Education Manager at St George’s National Breast Education Centre walking a patient through the process at St George's Hospital breast screening unit.

Watch the full video below:

For more information on breast screening visit the NHS UK website.

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