BreastScreenNT bus

Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting Australian women.

Early detection of breast cancer can increase survival rates of women across the Northern Territory (NT).

The BreastScreenNT bus 'Millie' provides screening mammograms to over 1,000 women every year in up to 20 remote communities across the NT.

You should book before you go.

To book an appointment, call 13 20 50. For a group booking, call Health Promotion on 08 8922 6448.

Who is eligible

All women over 40 years old are eligible for a free screening mammogram.

It is recommended you have one every 2 years.

Read more about breast screening in the NT.

Where and when

Free breast screening services will be available in the below locations.

Dates are subject to change. It may be affected by weather, cultural, logistical, mechanical reasons, and COVID-19 restrictions.

If you live in surrounding communities and outstations, you can still be screened. To make an appointment near you, call 13 20 50.

You can also get screened year round at the permanent screening facilities in Darwin and Palmerston. Find out how to make an appointment.

Where Screening DatesScheduledCommunities
Darwin City 28 April to 2 May Annually City and local suburbs
Wagait Beach/Belyuen 6 to 9 May Every 2 years Dundee and Cox Peninsula
Wurrumiyanga/ Pirlangimpi 19 to 30 May Every 2 years Milikapati and Wurankuwu
Batchelor 16 to 17 June Every 2 years Lake Bennett, Rum Jungle and Litchfield
Adelaide River 18 to 20 June Every 2 years Robin Falls
Daly River 23 to 26 June Every 2 years Peppimenarti and Palumpa
Pine Creek 30 June to 2 July Every 2 years Coomalie Shire regions
Timber Creek 7 to 11 July Trial site Bulla and Yarralin
Katherine 14 July to 8 August Annually Mataranka, Barunga, Beswick, Binkari, Bulman, Numbulwar, Ngukurr and Jilkminggan
Borroloola 12 to 20 August Every 2 years Robinson River and Lorella Springs
Tennant Creek 25 to 27 August Annually Anyinginyi Health and Epenarra
Ali Curung 28 to 29 August Trial site Canteen Creek, Barrow Creek and Tara
Ti Tree 1 to 4 September Every 2 years Laramba, Willora and Wilowra
Alice Springs Correctional Centre (power dependant) 8 to 9 September Trial site  
Hermannsburg 10 to 12 September Every 2 years Areyonga, Wallace Rockhole, Hasts Bluff, Mount Leibig and Papunya
Yuendumu 15 September to 19 September Every 2 years Nyrippi and Yuelamu
Harts Range/ Atitjere 23 to 25 September Every 2 years Engawala and Bonya
Yulara 29 September to 3 October Every 2 years Docker River, Imanpa, Kings Canyon, Mutijulu and Aputula
Congress Alukura Clinic 6 to 10 October Every 2 years Congress Health Service

If you're unable to visit Millie in the central communities, you can attend the Alice Springs clinic in town below.

Where Screening datesScheduledCommunities
Eurilpa House, Todd Mall 14 April to 16 May Annually Central Desert region
Eurilpa House, Todd Mall 25 August to 26 September Annually Central Desert region

Contact

If you have any questions, call the BreastScreenNT Health Promotion team on 08 8922 6443.


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