Last week I acted as a substitute on the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
It afforded me the opportunity to ask about getting the Mobile Breast Screening unit back in Coalville.
The ICB have now provided the following information:
Calls to women in Coalville finished in July 2022. The next call will take place toward the end of 2024. For those women who were invited but who did not take up the invitation, they are able to contact the screening office and book a screening.
For any women that has been invited but not taken up the invite they are able to contact the screening office and book in at any time.
Prior to calling and inviting women for screening, the service will contact potential sites including Councils, to see if there is availability and suitability for the mobile unit. We also have a new mobile becoming available this year which doesn’t need to have the pad - power supply as our existing mobiles do. This will enable the service to consider more options for sites.
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