One of country's most prestigious breast cancer centres to undergo transformation

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Wythenshawe Hospital has been given permission to build an extension, which allow for an increase in breast cancer screening capacity.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust has seen plans for a single storey extension, connected to the Nightingale Centre, approved by Manchester council.

The new site at Southmoor Road would become a National Breast Imaging Academy - with three consultation rooms; two mammography rooms; two ultrasound rooms as well as a patient waiting room and a staff hub.

This £5m project is part of a scheme to improve breast imaging services which have faced ‘significant challenges in delivery and sustainability’. READ MORE: Today's top Manchester Evening News stories Workforce shortages combined with increased demand for more complex screenings has stretched services, a planning statement read. “There is a huge shortage of radiologists across all specialties and around 13 pc of breast radiologist posts are unfilled,” documents said. “Approximately 38 pc of consultant breast radiologists are expected to retire by 2025. “There are similar shortages within the radiographic workforce and it is expected that 50 pc of the breast radiographic workforce will retire in the next five to nine years.