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National Breast Screening
Why the NHS offers breast screening The NHS offers screening to save lives from breast cancer. Screening does this by finding breast cancers at an early stage when they are too small to see or feel. Screening does not prevent you from getting breast cancer. Breast screening does have some risks. Some women who have […]
Men’s health – prostate PSA testing
PCaSO is a prostate charity entirely run by prostate cancer patients and their families for prostate cancer patients and their families. Their aim is to raise awareness of prostate cancer so that more men are diagnosed early when the chances of a cure are high. The PCaSO are currently offering free PSA screening in our […]
Antibiotic awareness
Antibiotic awareness 18th to 24th November is World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death. As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and […]
Lung health checks
Lung checks for our patients will be commencing in December for our patients who have a history of smoking. The screening will be run by our healthcare partners from the Inhealth team. The screening will involve an initial call and you may also be invited for a scan at Inhealth’s mobile screening sites such as […]