The South West London Breast Screening Service provides breast screening for women registered with a GP in the areas covered by Croydon, Kingston, Richmond, Twickenham, Sutton, Merton and Wandsworth. The aim of breast screening is to detect cancer at an early stage when treatment may often be simpler and more effective.
All women aged 50 to their 71st birthday registered with a South West London GP are invited to breast screening once every three years. Women 71 and over will stop receiving screening invitations but can still request breast screening by calling 020 3758 2024 to make an appointment.
Currently more than 210,000 women are invited for screening during each three-year screening cycle. South West London Breast Screening is coordinated from the Rose Centre at St George’s Hospital.
Please click here to watch a short video, created by the screening team at St George’s Hospital, which explains what to expect in a screening appointment.