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"Thankful for the mobile breast screening service"

About: Breast services / Breast Screening Northern Health & Social Care Trust / Breast Screening Service

(as a service user),

I feel very lucky and thankful for the mobile Mammogram breast screening service.  I found a lump went to my doctor and was red flagged to Antrim as we are in the Northern Trust. 

Then in the post came my 3 Yr mammogram, this was day 24 after finding the lump. So I went and the lady was so nice and said they were the Western Trust and she would red flagged me to Altnagelvin.  8 days later I was seen at the breast screening clinic in Altnagelvin. 

I had biopsies and scans and got provisional results on the day. I even got to see my surgeon Dr. Colin and was assigned a breast care nurse Carolann ( an angel). I felt they had taken control and they reassured me that they would now take care of me. Day 53 after finding my lump I've started chemo....I'm still waiting to get a mammogram from Antrim, the waiting list is 12 weeks, but luck was on my side and the mobile  in Dunnes car park saved me.

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Response from Marietta Connor, Breast Imaging Service Manager, Diagnostics, Western Health and Social Care Trust last month
Marietta Connor
Breast Imaging Service Manager, Diagnostics,
Western Health and Social Care Trust
Submitted on 30/04/2024 at 11:32
Published on Care Opinion at 11:32


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Agathac,

Thank you so much for taking the time to give your feedback. It is reassuring that you feel you are being looked after.

I hope that you will find your treatment an equally positive experience and wish you a speedy recovery.

I have shared this experience with the screening programme in the Public health agency as well.

We have such a good uptake for breast screening in Coleraine and I am sure that your experience will encourage anyone who maybe wasn't sure about attending to go for their screening appointment.

Wishing you all the best.

Marietta Connor- Assistant radiology Service manager for Breast Imaging WHSCT

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