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

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Professor Ó Laoide said that one third of the cases coming through the system are being identified through BreastCheck. That means that two thirds are technically people who were referred in by GPs. Do we now need to initiate a programme to highlight this issue? I refer to people who may have concerns but who keep delaying going to see their GPs. Do we need to instigate an information campaign to ensure that people will decide to go to their GPs at an earlier stage than has happened in the last 12 to 18 months?

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