Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

BreastCheck and National Cancer Control Programme: HSE
BreastCheck Screening Programme and Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer: Discussion

Professor Arnold Hill:

That is correct. It is a GP-provided service. Of course if one has 3,000 staff in one institution they may end up being referred to the service within that hospital. Likewise, if one has 800 patients in an institution they will also be diagnosed with breast cancer when they have come in with something completely different. The vast majority are GP referrals.

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