The north-east Scotland mobile breast screening service has arrived in Banchory for a 10-week stay.
The unit has been set up in the town’s Bellfield car park, off Dee Street, and will remain there until June.
NHS Grampian breast screening service manager Elspeth Hay said: “The aim of the programme is to detect breast changes at an early stage when treatment has the best chance of being successful.
“We hope that women invited for the first time will take advantage of their invitation for mammography and for women who have been screened previously, it is important to attend to ensure that there have been no changes over the past three years.
“The risk of developing breast cancer increases as you get older, so if any woman missed or failed to attend their previous invitation, it is still important to come along for screening this time.”
Women aged 50 to 70 registered at the Banchory and Torphins GPs will be sent invitations to the screening service shortly.
Those aged 71 and above will not be sent invites, but are being encouraged to make their own appointments by calling the screening centre on 01224 550570.
