COVID-19

Our screening service is continuing to operate during the current lockdown, announced on 4th January 2021.
Procedures are in place to enable you to attend your appointment safely.
This includes:

• More time between appointments, to ensure that extra cleaning procedures are completed
• Social distancing measures within clinics, so unless you need assistance at your appointment please attend alone
• Face coverings are required unless you are exempt for medical reasons. If you do not have your own face covering we can provide you with one
• Our screening technicians will be wearing PPE

You must not attend if you have any of the following symptoms:

• A high temperature
  – you feel hot to touch on your chest or back
• A new continuous cough
  – this means you have started coughing repeatedly (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
• A loss or change to your sense of smell or taste
  – this means that you’ve noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal

To re-arrange your appointment please contact the screening programme office on 01482 675507

The aorta is the main artery supplying your body with blood and an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA or Triple A) is a weakness in the abdominal section of this artery. The weakness causes a widening (bulging) in the artery walls. AAA is generally symptomless which means most people who have one will be unaware and not feel anything unusual.

AAAs are more common in men aged 65 and over and NHS screening for this condition is available free of charge for all men registered with a GP in England. If you are older than 65 years and have not been screened please contact us directly on 01482 675507 for information on how to request this test.

The North Yorkshire and Humber AAA Screening Programme covers the majority of North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire, including Hull, North and North East Lincolnshire, and is based at the Hull Royal Infirmary in Hull. We invite men to a local screening clinic closest to their home.

We work closely with the vascular surgery units at Hull Royal Infirmary and York Teaching Hospital.

Pictured above: North Yorkshire and Humber AAA Screening Technicians

The NHS National AAA Screening Programme is available for all men aged 65 and over in England.

Screening is the process of identifying healthy people who may be at increased risk of a disease or condition.

Men are invited to be screened in the year they turn 65. Participation is by choice and there is an NHS screening tool available to help you decide if you want to be screened.

The screening test is a simple and safe ultrasound scan to measure the widest diameter of the abdominal aorta. This takes less than 10 minutes to complete and men are given their result straight after the test.

If you use assistive technology (e.g. a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email publications@phe.gov.uk and tell them what format you need. It will help if you tell them what assistive technology you use.

To find out more about AAA Screening, please visit the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening FAQs on the NHS Choices website.

It is your choice whether or not to have screening. If you decide that screening is not for you and you don’t want any more invitations, you can opt out. Withdrawing yourself means you will not get invited for that type of screening in the future. Find out more about how to opt out of screening.