Scope of Service
BreastScreen Waitemata Northland is contracted to the National Screening Unit to provide the BreastScreen Aotearoa breast screening programme.
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 BreastScreen Aotearoa 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 you are not 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 0800 270 200 or 09 484 0200.
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.