Remind your patients it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month provides a timely reminder of the importance of routine breast screening and breast awareness in women aged 50 - 74 yrs.

During the month of October (and every month) consider undertaking the following activities to endorse the National Breast Screening Program in your practice:

• Order the BreastScreen NSW request pad which can be used to recommend breast screening to your patients. Although a referral is not required, research shows that GPs have a significant influence on a patients decision to screen.
• Download, print or request Breast Screen NSW suite of brochures, posters and other printed materials to display in your waiting room, bathrooms and consult rooms.
• You can use the online BreastScreen Directory to find the nearest screening centre to your practice and promote within your reminder system, on-hold phone message, opportunistically during consults and in your waiting room.

Within the resource section, there are numerous resources to support you and your practice focus on breast screening as a continuous quality improvement activity. If this is something you are interested in, please contact your Primary Care Improvement Officer.