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We provide information on breast screening across West London

Based at Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

20/04/2026

📢 Update on breast screening in north west London

From 1 April 2026, breast screening services in north west London transferred from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. This change does not affect patients’ access to breast screening.

💌 if you receive an invitation, please attend your appointment as normal
💌 you do not need to take any action because of this change.

Some screening and assessment appointments will continue to take place at Imperial College Healthcare hospital sites, including Charing Cross Hospital. You may see Royal Free details on letters or information, but the care you receive and the way appointments run will feel the same.

Breast screening saves lives by finding cancer early, so please don’t delay attending if you are invited. 💗

Read more: https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/news/breast-screening-services-update

01/10/2025

October is breast cancer awareness month 🩷

This month, the WoLBSS service will raise awareness of breast screening throughout local communities in West London.

Together we can spread the importance of breast screening and checking your breasts for signs and symptoms of breast cancer.

Look out for the signs and symptoms of breast cancer below and check your breasts this month!

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

30/04/2025

Are you worried about your breast screening appointment?

Breast screening is always carried out by female staff and takes less than 10 minutes.

Please tell your mammographer if you are anxious - they can reassure you throughout the process.

Breast screening can save your life. If you are registered as a female at your GP and between 50-70 years old, you will be invited for breast screening every 3 years.

If you have missed your appointment, please call the Hub 020 3758 2024 or email [email protected] to rebook your appointment.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

25/04/2025

This past month, I have attended health events in different places of faith to promote breast screening across Ealing and Hounslow. It was great to talk to women about breast screening and answering their questions.

Over these 3 events, 9 eligible women signed up to have a breast screening appointment!

Breast screening can save your life as it can detect early signs and symptoms of breast cancer.

If you have missed your appointment, please contact the Hub by call 02037582024 or by email [email protected] to rebook your appointment.

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16/04/2025

**We have Tuesday 5pm - 7pm breast screening appointments available at the Charing Cross Hospital clinic**

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in England and is the second highest cause of cancer deaths in women.

Breast screening saves around 1,300 lives each year in the UK. Finding cancer early can make it more likely that treatment will be successful.

When diagnosed at the earliest stage, 98% of women survive their breast cancer for 5-years or more.

Breast Screening is for women aged 50-71. When you are invited, please attend your appointment.

If you have missed your breast screening appointment, please contact the London Breast Screening Hub by call 020 3758 2024 to rebook another appointment.

It could save your life 🩷

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

09/04/2025

It was really great to be part of the event with North West London ICB! I spoke to women about breast screening and booked breast screening appointments for women who have missed their last appointment.

It was a really insightful day and I am looking forward to doing more events like this across West London!

Breast Screening can save your life! If you have not been to breast screening in the last 3 years, please call the Hub 020 3758 2024 to book an appointment.

08/04/2025

Women with a learning disability are less likely to attend their breast screening appointment. They face more challenging experiences in accessing healthcare.
This may put individuals off attending their health appointments including their breast screening appointment.

It is important that accurate information on breast screening is given to these women and their carers to encourage them to attend their appointment.

A cancer screening event for women with learning disabilities was put on by the council for Westminster and RBKC learning disabilities communities.

It was a great event where I spoke about breast screening and gave a breast checking demonstration. We also heard from Anita, a woman with learning disabilities, who has had a personal experience of breast cancer which was found by breast screening. At the end of the event, we played bingo with prizes for the winners! Always a favourite for me!

The West of London Breast Screening Service can provide reasonable adjustments including longer appointments, pre visits to the screening clinic and support from a LD nurse.

Please call the Hub 02037582024 to book an appointment.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Breast Cancer Now

06/03/2025

'It’s no worse than standing on the bus in rush hour, and it’s over a lot quicker'

Liz shares her perspective on the importance of attending breast screening through her own invitation letter.

When you're invited, save the date. It could save your life.

Please call the Breast Screening Hub 020 3758 2024 to book your appointment.

𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡, 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟓-𝟕𝐩𝐦. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐛 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

27/02/2025

We are very proud to have our very own mammographer Isabella in the national NHS breast screening campaign. We spoke to Isabella to hear about what it was like being in the campaign!

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙉𝙃𝙎 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙣?

I feel privileged to have been a part of the first NHS breast screening campaign. Helping people is my passion and being able to do that through my career is amazing. There doesn't seem to be much awareness in Women's health, especially breast cancer which is the most common cancer in women so it was great to be a part of that campaign to raise awareness to help with early detection of breast cancer in women.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧?

There isn't anything I don't love about being a mammographer, I love it all especially being able to help with early detection of breast cancer in women. Being able to save someone's live indirectly, every little helps and being part of raising awareness for women's health.

𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩? 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩?

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and the chances of getting breast cancer increases as you get older. Breast screening is the gold standard in detecting early stages of breast cancer before symptoms can be felt. Breast screening saves around 1,300 lives a year in the UK, the earlier the detection, the more successful the treatment is likely to be. 98% of women survive their breasts cancer for 5 years or more when diagnosed at the early stage.

So it’s really important to go for your appointment when invited, it could save your life!

Remember if you have missed your appointment, please call the Hub 020 3758 2024 to rebook your appointment 🩷

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

26/02/2025

Taking your bra off at the end of the day feels great.

And so does getting your breast screening sorted. It can detect cancer before you can feel it. Or more likely, put your mind at rest.

So when you're invited, save the date. It could save your life.

Remember if you have missed your appointment, please call the Hub 020 3758 2024 to rebook your appointment

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road
London
W68RF

Website

https://www.london-breastscreening.org.uk/West-London

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