Publish date: 16 May 2022
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals is progressing with plans to expand its breast screening service at Bath St Healthcare Resource Centre in Warrington town centre (pictured) in the final phase of its reconfiguration of breast services across Halton, Knowsley, St Helens and Warrington.
In the first phase, which was subject to public consultation in the Spring of 2021, a £1.3m breast centre was created at the Captain Sir Tom Moore building at Halton Hospital.
The new centre enabled the relocation of the assessment and symptomatic clinics to a ‘one stop shop’ offering comprehensive diagnostics and support to patients that have anomalies on routine breast screening or those who have noticed breast changes or found lumps that are referred in via their GP. Women can now also select this location for their routine screening appointments.
The proposal which is being consulted upon is that the remaining screening service at Warrington Hospital’s Kendrick Wing cease and all Warrington screening now be consolidated at Bath Street augmented, as normal, with mobile units.
Details of the proposal and some Frequently Asked Questions are available on Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust website along with a questionnaire for people to complete and give their views. The Trust will be hosting Virtual Engagement Session during the Consultation on Thursday 19th May at 2pm.
To take part in the consultation, visit https://whh.nhs.uk/about-us/membership-and-engagement/breast-service-consultation .
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