August 31, 2012

Rural women worried about recent publicity about the BreastScreen Queensland program have been assured that the service is not being taken away.

BreastScreen Queensland Health Promotion Officer Jessica Hobbs assured rural women that the breastscreening van would continue to tour rural 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.

“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.