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:

No, not in respect of access. All areas in Ireland have screening at different times. Some areas have it under way almost permanently, while others have it available for three months out of every two years. We try to move the mobile screening centres around to ensure that we are in a location at the time that people will need them. We had a small issue in Donegal where we had a group of women who had been waiting a long time. Professor Flanagan's Eccles unit sent one of its mobiles up to Donegal for six or seven weeks to try to do some catch-up. A new mobile unit has now gone to Roscommon. We try to move such provision around. There is not any one particular area that stands out in this regard, but we are always conscious of the situation with rural areas especially. I refer to ensuring that our units being there for long enough to allow women to have access.

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