Julie Stein Hodgins.

Hi do you have a question about breast screening?

I agree with Geraldine, though some units have only a small waiting area especially if it is a mobile unit. I have also found that in some mobile units they say women only to support women to feel more confident about attending. All practitioners are women and we try to manage all situations. Hope you get a good service! Lets us know.

I love it. People do what they can with what they love! Thanks for sharing. Wonder if we get a collection of ideas we could write a short article for our professional magazine.

With help and support from my colleague Shaheeda. We are talking on the phone through out so we try to follow most comments as we go along. Thank you all. I have copied and paste the whole conversation..now to get it in some sort of flow! x

Lets leave Health messages to another chat..it would be worth us all haveing a look see and what we think our colleague could do. Yes, Lesley is correct….we should all be doing it!.

Thank you all for coming on this evening and we will look forward to seeing you again. Watch this space for a blog about tonight,

Kerry..you did brill.. We are newish to this form of chatting. Usually you can reply to a comment..but I have not been able to tonight

Health message can be totally breast related..I can ask..Do you know how to check for what is normal for you? and give a leaflet. We have leaflets about cervical and bowel screening as well. Maybe we could share public health messages next time here?

Chatter..could include public health messages? Anyone brave enough? How do you do it?

They are good examples of practice everywhere..but not enough shouting out about it. As a Mammographer, I get ‘graded’ by my boss by how high is the number of poor my quality images..which are few, I might add, so we each find a way to support the woman to help us. It is the poor experiences that are remembered and shared. Thankfully Lesley is…[Read more]

Bev..asking them to hold their breathe works..

True Geraldine..I reckon..if I can get a laugh or a smile..I’v given a quality experience. I often say that no matter who comes thru the door we have to get a grade A image. We all have our ways to do this. Breast screening was set up origionally to follow the Blood Bank..system..invite, you can if you want system..we believe that breastscreening…[Read more]

So time is not an issue?

Friends of mine experienced breast xray..but the mammographer forgot to explain to first timers what was going to happen. THey will attend again becasue they feel that is what they have to put up with.
How many of us take the time to explain or is the 6 minute rule to tight?

So patients/ clients are starting to pick us up for not introducing ourselves. T

So Geraldine shared a tweet , from to day..Ill quote it..Had talk thru #hellomynameis after my Radiology appt today as it was absent 😦 Radiographer had heard of it & forgot 😕 Said TY for feedback 👍

I agree totally with you kerry. I have always I hope, introduced myself..we are engaging with women who can be nrevous about the proceedure or outcome..or are not bothered..but I xray women, not breasts! A smile goes a long way to helping ‘read’ her. However..I believe that not all women get a good enough experience. and when they do they need to…[Read more]

I dont initially use assertiveness..Id rather engage with the woman and let her know that she has control over the proceedure..well at least we can negiotiate..and of course she can say ‘no’ at any time. I often hear people talk about..and the jokes..all imply the squish flattens your breast and they do not realise that I am controlling the pressure.

4 so far Lesley