Breast service

Our breast service team see over 8000 new patients, and treat over 450 new cancers a year. They work closely with the North London Breast Screening Unit.

Telephone number: 020 8869 3300
Location: Ealing and Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospitals
Division: Women's, children's and clinical services division
General manager: Krystel Copeland (Assistant general manager)

For general queries call 020 8869 2618 or 020 8869 5403.

For queries regarding your:

• follow-up appointment call 020 8869 2618 or 020 8869 5403
• new appointment call 020 8869 3300

Our breast service sees 7,500 to 8,000 new patients each year. We treat about 450 people with breast cancer.

We work closely with the North London Breast Screening Unit to make sure your care is well coordinated.

We run breast clinics at Ealing, Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospitals. All breast surgery takes place at Northwick Park Hospital.

We offer a wide range of oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery on site. For autologous breast reconstruction, we work in partnership with Charing Cross Hospital.

We have strong experience in day case breast surgery, specialist breast MRI, and vacuum assisted biopsy.

Our team includes a wide range of dedicated healthcare professionals. They meet every week to discuss your care and make sure you receive the right treatment and support.

We treate and care for breast cancer and non cancer (benign) breast conditions.

Specialist services

We offer a wide range of specialist breast treatments, including:

• Targeted axillary dissection, which can be used instead of removing all lymph nodes under the arm
• Chest wall perforator flap reconstruction
• Immediate breast reconstruction, using implants or your own tissue
• Nipple and areola tattooing
• Lipofilling to improve shape and appearance

GPs can refer to the breast service via eRS two week wait (2WW).

We have extensive experience in delivering and taking part in national trials.

In our breast unit, we take part in a wide range of research trials, including surgical, radiological and cancer treatment studies including: 

• CESAR trial
• SMALL trial
• PEAR TNBC
• TADPOLE