Typically screening sites are open Monday to Friday: 8.30 am - 4.30 pm.
Late night Thursdays till 6.30pm and Saturday morning clinics are also available.
Scope of Service
BreastScreen Counties Manukau is part of BreastScreen Aotearoa.
BreastScreen Aotearoa is a free national breast screening programme that checks women for early breast cancer. The programme aims to reduce the number of women who die from breast cancer.
Services Provided
BreastScreen Aotearoa provides a free screening mammogram to all women aged between 45-69 years. Any follow up assessment that is required as a result of the BreastScreening Mammogram, is also free, and covered under the programme.
To be eligible to enrol with the BreastScreening programme you must be:
- A woman aged between 45 and 69 years
- Have no symptoms of breast cancer
- Have no evidence of breast cancer. If you have been previously diagnosed with breast cancer, you can enrol in the programme if it has been at least 5 years since your diagnosis
- Have not had a mammogram within the last 12 months
- Are not pregnant or breast feeding
- Are a New Zealand Resident. This includes women who usually live in the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau.
If you have any questions regarding your eligibility to enrol on the programme, please feel free to call us on (09) 250 8000.
Services Not Provided
BreastScreen Aotearoa does not provide screening services for any women who do not meet the eligibility criteria listed above.
It is not for women who currently have symptoms of breast cancer, or who are outside the age range of 45-69 years.
Women who wish to enrol on the programme, can enrol themselves by calling:
BreastScreen Counties Manukau on (09) 250 8000.
Your GP may also enrol you, although you do not need a referral from your GP to enrol on the programme.
BreastScreen Counties Manukau Mobile Unit Schedule 2010
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Site
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Location
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Weeks
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Screening Dates (Moving Unit)
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PAPAKURA TOWN CENTRE
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Cnr of Wood St and Great South Rd
(Opposite Police Station and next to Old Arts Building)
Papakura
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2
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26 July – 6 Aug
(9 Aug)
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BOTANY
(Howick Club)
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Howick Club Incorporated Carpark
107 Botany Road
Botany Downs
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4
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9 Aug – 3 Sept
(6 Sept)
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WAIUKU
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Waiuku Cosmopolitan Club Carpark
4 Victoria Avenue
Waiuku
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2
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6 Sep – 17 Sept
(20 Sept)
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CLENDON
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Clendon Library Carpark
17 Palmers Road
Clendon
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2
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20 Sept – 1 Oct
(4 Oct)
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HIGHLAND PARK
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Highland Park Community Centre
47 Aviemore Drive
Highland Park
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3
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4 Oct – 22 Oct
(26 Oct)
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PUKEKOHE
(Town Centre)
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Pukekohe Town Square
Roulston Lane
Pukekohe
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3
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26 Oct – 12 Nov
(15 Nov)
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MSC
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Compliance Tests
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15 Nov – 17 Nov
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MANGERE
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(Next to East Tamaki Healthcare)
12 Waddon Place
Mangere Township
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2
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18 Nov – 3 Dec
(6 Dec)
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OTARA
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Otara Town Centre Car Park, next to Clock Tower
East Tamaki Road
Otara
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1
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6 Dec – 10 Dec
(13 Dec)
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HIGHLAND PARK
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Highland Park Community Centre
47 Aviemore Drive
Highland Park
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13 Dec – 23 Dec
(26 Dec)
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NB: This schedule may be subject to change, so please call (09) 250 8000 for the latest schedule details.
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Mammography
BreastScreen Counties Manukau provides a free MAMMOGRAM every 2 years to women enrolled on the programme...
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There are no charges for services to public patients if you are lawfully in New Zealand and meet one of the Eligibility Direction’s specified criteria set by the Ministry of Health.
If you do not meet the criteria, you will be required to pay for the full costs of any medical treatment you receive during your stay.
To check whether you meet the specified eligibility criteria, visit the Ministry of Health website www.moh.govt.nz/eligibility
For charges, please phone the Accounts Receivable Office on (09) 276 0060.
Programme Manager: Kathy Pritchard
Breast Care Nurses: Trish Sole, Louise Beach and Kelly Kimpton
Lead MRT (Medical Radiation Technologist): Julianne Baker
Data Manager: Lucy Xie
Health Promotion Coordinator: Jude Manuel
Practice Team Liaison: Claire Thompson
Quality Coordinator: Hasitha Samarasinha
