Surge in breast screen calls after awareness campaign

There's been a surge in calls to the Humberside Breast Screening department after the local health service launched an awareness campaign.

Figures emerged last week showing less than a third of women in the area attended their appointments. On Monday calls to make appointments rose by 40 per cent., from 133 to 310.

Over the next year, the Trust's breast screening service hopes to screen up to 16,500 women in a mobile unit - to make getting to appointments easier.