Year-in-Review-2021-22 - Flipbook - Page 55
BreastScreen is a population based screening
program for well women aged between 50 to
74 years. The BreastScreen Service has fixed
screening sites at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital,
Croydon Health Centre and Campsie, and a
mobile screening van that visits nine different
areas within the Sydney Local Health District
every year. The Service also has an assessment
clinic at RPA.
The Service implements a range of strategies
in order to encourage eligible women within the
area to attend for screening.
Highlights:
• Continued to support COVID-19 pandemic
response with staff redeployed to the NSW
Health Vaccination Centre at Sydney Olympic
Park, contract tracing and assisting COVID-19
positive RPA Virtual Hospital patients.
• Enhanced services at Campsie, Flemington
and Strathfield with Interpreters to support
women from Culturally and Linguistically
Diverse backgrounds.
• Developed campaigns to encourage women
to be screened with services paused for
three months due to COVID-19.
In 2021-22, 14,847 women were
screened at BreastScreen Sydney
Local Health District. Screening
services paused for three months
because of COVID-19. Despite this,
the booking rate for the financial
year was at 87%.
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