South African breast care centre invited to help build international best practice

The American College of Surgeons’ National Accreditation Programme for Breast Centres identified the Netcare Milpark Breast Care Centre of Excellence in Joburg as one of the top accredited centres of its kind in the world.

“We are proud to be a South African centre offering world-class care to all. Meeting and exceeding the standards set out globally have, at times, been a challenging process since our practices have not just been different from other centres in South Africa, but are also in some respects breaking new ground internationally,” said Professor Carol Ann Benn, who first established the centre with Netcare in 2001.

This month, the centre has been invited to contribute its protocols for the development of an international best practices guideline to help empower other centres to better serve their patients.

“We congratulate renowned specialist surgeon and breast disease specialist, Professor Carol Ann Benn and the dedicated multi-disciplinary team of the Netcare Breast Care Centre of Excellence on all they have achieved in providing the highest standards of care to patients every day, which is freshly affirmed with this outstanding honour,” said Dr Cindy Aitton, head of Netcare’s Cancer Care division.