Reopen BreastScreen NSW

Reopen BreastScreen NSW

via Change.org/ReopenBreastScreenNSW started by Christina Bullivant

BreastScreen NSW clinics around the state have been closed due to Covid 19. There is no timeline for when they will reopen.

Between March and May 2020, BreastScreen appointments were cancelled across the country due to the initial Covid outbreak. Between January and June 2020, about 145,000 fewer screening mammograms were conducted compared to 2018. In Victoria, the impact of these closures is evident, with more women presenting with later-stage breast cancer disease.

Covid is going to be with us for some time yet. Breast cancer won’t wait. It must ...

via Change.org/ReopenBreastScreenNSW started by Christina Bullivant

BreastScreen NSW clinics around the state have been closed due to Covid 19. There is no timeline for when they will reopen.

Between March and May 2020, BreastScreen appointments were cancelled across the country due to the initial Covid outbreak. Between January and June 2020, about 145,000 fewer screening mammograms were conducted compared to 2018. In Victoria, the impact of these closures is evident, with more women presenting with later-stage breast cancer disease.

Covid is going to be with us for some time yet. Breast cancer won’t wait. It must be a priority to develop and implement COVIDSafe operating guidelines and procedures to allow breast screening clinics to reopen ASAP.

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Email NSW Leaders

The best outcome for breast cancer diagnosis is early detection. But thousands of women are being denied access to routine BreastScreen mammogram appointments that could save lives.

Please. send this email to the NSW Health Minister and the Premier, urging them to resume BreastScreen services in a COVID-safe way as soon as possible. If you edit the emai, please be polite and respectful at all times.

 

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