Who Breast Screening Is For

Breast cancer screening (GOV.UK website, PDF only, 2.05MB)

When you'll be invited

You'll automatically get your first invitation for breast screening between the ages of 50 and 53. You'll then be invited every 3 years until your 71st birthday.

If you're transgender or non-binary and you would like to be invited for breast screening, ask your GP surgery for advice.

You need to be registered with a GP surgery to be invited for breast screening.

If you have not had a letter inviting you to breast screening

If you have not been invited for breast screening by the age of 53 and think you should have, contact your local breast screening service.

Find breast screening services

If you're 71 or over

You will not automatically be invited for breast screening if you are aged 71 or over.

But you can still have breast screening every 3 years if you want to. You will need to call your local breast screening service to ask for an appointment.

If you're trans or non-binary

If you're a trans man, trans woman or are non-binary, how you are invited will depend on the sex you are registered with at a GP surgery:

• if you're registered as female with a GP surgery you will automatically be invited for breast screening
• if you're registered as male with a GP surgery you will not automatically be invited for breast screening

See a GP if:

More information

• Cancer Research UK: I'm trans or non-binary, does this affect my cancer screening?
• GOV.UK: NHS population screening information for trans and non-binary people

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