Breast Screening Services

The Breast Screening Centre based at Antrim Area Hospital provides both routine breast screening and symptomatic breast assessment services for all areas within the Northern Trust.

If you have a concern or symptom regarding your breasts, please contact your GP as soon as possible. They may refer you to a ‘One Stop’ Symptomatic Clinic at the Centre.

In addition to these services, oncology follow-up clinics, self-directed aftercare, moderate and high risk family history screening and a higher risk family history screening programme are also carried out.

Information for women with learning disabilities

A breast screening video has been produced for women with learning disabilities, showing clearly what happens during the process of having a mammogram. The film can be watched in full, or in short segments, showing different aspects of the screening journey.

The Breast Screening video and further screening information can be accessed on the Public Health Agency website.

Breast screening for the LGBTQIA+ community

We’re committed to providing accessible, welcoming and inclusive services for everyone and as healthcare providers, it’s important for us to be aware of any barriers that may exist for those accessing our services.

Recently we partnered with Macmillan Cancer and The Rainbow Project to produce a ‘walkthrough’ video of our breast screening service to act as a step-by-step guide for anyone who may be attending an appointment.

The video is aimed at making cancer care more accessible for our LGBTQIA+ community. We hope it will be a helpful resource and offer reassurance for anyone who is attending a breast screening appointment, possibly for the first time.

To read more about the project, visit

Other useful links

Looking for changes
Prescreening checklist
Satisfactory results: What next?
Be Cancer aware
Breast Screening information from Public Health Authority
NHS Breast Screening Programme
NI Cancer Registry
Cancer Research UK
Breast Cancer Now
Breast Screening: Helping you decide
Why called back?
Breast Screening leaflets