Two things about BreastScreen NSW
1. Recent posts on the BreastScreen NSW Facebook page have criticised it for not assessing breast density, unlike BreastScreen WA and private screening clinics. Tumours can hide in dense breasts whi...
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Breast Screen, in general, is a fabulous idea which has probably saved countless lives but the funding models behind it are flawed.
I've been fighting for years to have their referral models for regional and remote patients overhauled. Long story short, they still refuse to inform call back screens to the closest facility. I still have conversations with women and men who are told that their follow up screen (if any abnormality has been detected) has to be conducted at a Breast Screen facility. That results in stress ridden and completely unnecessary trips to Melbourne when they could just go in to their local facility for a screen. It's all about the money and it sucks. Mxx
I've been fighting for years to have their referral models for regional and remote patients overhauled. Long story short, they still refuse to inform call back screens to the closest facility. I still have conversations with women and men who are told that their follow up screen (if any abnormality has been detected) has to be conducted at a Breast Screen facility. That results in stress ridden and completely unnecessary trips to Melbourne when they could just go in to their local facility for a screen. It's all about the money and it sucks. Mxx