BreastScreen Victoria invites women and the trans and gender community aged 50 to 74 without breast symptoms to have a free 10-min breast screen every 2 years.
23/12/2025
From all of us at BreastScreen Victoria, we wish you and your loved ones a safe and happy holiday season. 🎊
Please note that all of our clinics will be closed on the public holidays, including 25 and 26 December and 1 January. 💗
A small number of clinics will be operating during the holiday period. To contact these clinics, please call 13 20 50 where you will hear a message on how to reach these clinics directly.
We look forward to coming back refreshed and ready for an exciting new year. 🎉
20/12/2025
We know that this time of the year can get busy, so it's important to remember to look after yourself as we head into the festive season. 🎉
Your health shouldn't take a back seat, being breast aware and knowing your normal is just one simple thing you can do for yourself for peace of mind this season. 🫶
Check out our pinned videos at the top of our feed to learn more.
17/12/2025
November and December were busy months for our Engagement team!
We had many group bookings with our amazing partners:
- EACH
- IPC Health
- Shugoofa Cultural Association
- Compassionate Hands Inc
- Women's Health East
- Glen Eira Adult Learning Centre Inc
- Ballarat Community Health
We also attended:
- An information session with Hosanna Community Care for Arabic-speaking clients
- An information session at Glen Eira Adult Learning Centre Inc
A big thank you to our team, partners and clients for making these events and group bookings happen! ✨
17/12/2025
Pauline is one of our incredible clients and Consumer Network members. 💓
When we sat down to ask her what she screens for she didn't hesitate, she says "I screen because you've got to take care of yourself first. It's like putting the oxygen mask on when flying."
Her message is simple yet powerful, prioritsing your health means you can keep showing up for the people you love. 🫶
10/12/2025
Pictured here is April Atkinson, one of the talented artists whose artwork is featured on a Beautiful Shawl, as part of the Beautiful Shawl Project.
April's art is called Yorta Itjumatj Bayi, which means Healthy Breast in the Yorta Yorta language - this powerful artwork celebrates women's strength, resilience, and healing. 💗
When creating this artwork, April was inspired by the women in her life who have faced mastitis, abscesses and breast cancer. April says "those women have proven to me that new beginnings do grow."
To learn more about Yorta Itjumatj Bayi and to see our full gallery of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artwork, head to the link below.
For International Day for People with Disability we want to acknowledge the more than 13,000 Victorians living with disability that have screened with us in the past 12 months.
It is for them and all people with disability in our community that are not breast screening that we continue to implement our Disability Action Plan.
In 2025, we have:
⭐Trialed a Sensory clinic for neurodivergent clients.
⭐Established a Disability Consumer Advisory Group that includes clients with lived experience.
⭐Added a new question in the booking process to gather more information on conditions or injuries to better support our clients.
⭐Promoted our program at VALID’s ‘Having a Say Conference’.
And there’s much more to come!
To read our Disability Action Plan, click the link below.
Last week the BSV team proudly joined the annual Walk Against Family Violence, hosted by Respect Victoria. 🧡
The walk is one of the key events for 16 Days of Activism against Gender- Based Violence - the global campaign for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls.
We were proud to walk alongside like-minded people and organisations, connected through our shared drive and determination to raise awareness and break the stigma around gender based violence.
Thank you to everyone who joined us. 🧡
26/11/2025
Part 2 of what you can do to reduce your breast cancer risk ✅
Reducing alcohol consumption, quitting smoking, managing weight through diet and exercise and of course being breast aware is a good way to start!
If you're not sure how to be breast aware, check out our previous videos where Dr Alia Kaderbhai teaches us how to be breast aware, as well as signs and symptoms of breast cancer to look out for.
Click the link below to learn more about reducing your breast cancer risk.
Meet Ginli, Project Lead at BreastScreen Victoria! 👋
As one of the people behind getting our new clinics up and running for our clients, Ginli brings every detail together from signage to the mammogram machine. No two days are the same and that is what she says makes her role so rewarding! ❤️
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BreastScreen Victoria aims to reduce the impact of a breast cancer diagnosis ensuring you have the best health outcome through early detection. We aim to provide free mammograms to 70% of women aged 50−74 every two years, as they are the group most at risk of developing the disease. However, all eligible Victorians 40+ are eligible to attend.
BreastScreen Victoria is made up three components:
BreastScreen coordination unit (BCU). The BCU is responsible for administering the funding for screening, reading and assessment services. It is also the central hub for all information, appointment services, communications, recruitment, MSS coordination, and monitoring service levels to implement quality improvements.
Screening service providers. With 42 permanent screening clinics across Victoria, and 25 sites that are visited every two years by the mobile screening service (MSS), we strive for equality of access for all eligible Victorians.
Reading and assessment services. BreastScreen Victoria engages with eight reading and assessment centres across the Victoria. These services read images from multiple sites, including the MSS, and also provide all clinical services from the initial breast screen to any further procedures required to the point of diagnosis.
BreastScreen Victoria is a fully accredited part of BreastScreen Australia, and is jointly funded by the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments.
For more information, please visit our website at breastscreen.org.au.
