The NHS is to offer “ping and book” breast screening, with text reminders for women who miss a mammogram. From December, services will introduce the phone alerts, which will also allow ...

An NHS doctor has shared her experience with cancer ... If you’re aged 50 up to 71, you’ll be invited to your free breast ...

Dr Rekha Gupta, a GP in Leicester, had a painful lump in her breast - an early diagnosis saved her life and now she is sharing her story to help others spot the signs ...

MORE than 5,000 Brits have missed out on lifesaving cancer checks thanks to an NHS mishap. Health chiefs have since rushed out letters to every person affected, apologising for the failure, ...

even if you have just had a mammogram. Breast cancer screening saves the lives of around 1,300 women every year in the UK and around 21,000 cancers are detected via this method. The NHS in ...

Those aged between 50 and 71 are invited to have a mammogram. Michelle Kane, Director of Screening and Vaccination at NHS England, said: 'We're incredibly grateful to Vanessa for raising the ...

An NHS doctor has shared her experience with cancer ... you’ll be invited to your free breast screening appointment (mammogram) every three years. She explained: "Female staff will do the ...

The Mirror has been praised after over 30,000 women came forward for NHS advice in a week since its front page story on its first ever breast cancer screening awareness campaign. There was a 97 ...

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has joined broadcasters Julia Bradbury and Victoria Derbyshire in urging more women to attend mammogram screenings. In a series of personal letters and ...

As a result, the NHS have launched a new campaign to encourage more women to attend potentially life-saving screenings, particularly aimed at people without symptoms. Prior to her own mammogram ...

One of the focuses of the week is the first national NHS breast screening awareness campaign, aimed at encouraging more women to attend their mammogram appointments. NHS figures show that if 80 ...