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
Ms Fiona Murphy:
I can answer that. In a usual round we will screen approximately 170,000 women every year. We send them out appointments so they do not wait. We send appointments based on where the mobile units are in the country and who has been waiting the longest. This is an opportunity for me to relay the message that if people are not going to take appointments, that is fine, but that if they let us know, we can offer the appointment to the next person on the list.
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