We are offering the service to each GP practice starting with the GP practices with the highest deprivation scores first. We will cover one GP practice at a time contacting all the eligible patients and then moving on to the next GP practice we aim to cover all the practices within a four year rolling programme.
A text message will be sent to those patients alerting them the service will be contacting them, and then a member of the team will be in touch by telephone to arrange an appointment for a lung health check allowing time to ask questions about the service.
Those who have a scan that does not show any sign of lung cancer will remain in the programme and will get a low dose CT scan of the chest every two years until they are no longer within the age range of 55 – 74yrs + 364 days.
Our core team is made up of Admin staff, and Lung Screening Care Co-ordinators, Lung Screening Nurses, Respiratory Consultants, and Consultant Radiologists.
It is important if you have any of the following symptoms that are persisting please seek a urgent review by your GP:
- A persistent cough (that lasts for three weeks or more)
- Feeling breathless for no reason
- Repeat chest infections or chest infections that haven’t improved after having treatment
- Losing weight and/or loss of appetite
- Coughing up blood or blood in your phlegm (spit)
- A cough that changes or gets worse
- Unexplained tiredness or lack of energy
- Chest or shoulder pain.
01946 523567 / 01946 523973 / 01946 523187
Meet the Team
From left to right: Mel Fleming, Billy Flinn, Tammie Dobie, Lauren Hughes, Mollie Hodgson, Joanne Edmondson, Fiona Banner & Clare Maudling.