Results 21-40 of 1,460 for cervical

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (10 Oct 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Irish National Accreditation Board accreditation was not obtained before opening the new cervical screening laboratory in December 2022; the reason the laboratory was shut in March 2023; and if he will provide an update on the current status of the project. [43838/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (3 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Council Recommendation on cancer screening was published in December 2022. This recommends extended screening for colorectal (bowel) cancer and breast cancer, along with other recommendations in relation to cervical, lung, prostate and gastric cancer screening. The NSAC will consider this Recommendation and advise myself and my Department on the evidence as it applies to Ireland. Any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (28 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Stephen Donnelly: ...Council Recommendation on cancer screening was published in December 2022. This recommends extended screening for colorectal (bowel) cancer and breast cancer, along with other recommendations in relation to cervical, lung, prostate and gastric cancer screening. The NSAC will consider this Recommendation and advise myself and my Department on the evidence as it applies to Ireland. Ireland...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Bernard Durkan: It is sad that we find ourselves at this juncture again, particularly because there have been a number of tragedies in the health service over the past number of years. There was the cervical screening campaign. There were issues where results were misread or improperly read. There were a number of other peculiar procedures that took place in this country, where women were subjected to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Crowe: 835. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who are overdue for cervical screening; and the number of those who have waited for longer than six months. [35439/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (11 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...contained in this report has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and is accurate as of 30/06/2023. Criteria used Claims received between 01/01/2013 to 30/06/2023. Cervical Cancer NSS claims received between 2013 & 2023 YTD Claim Received Year Number of Claims 2013 0 2014 1 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Peadar Tóibín: 777. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the terms of reference provided by his Department for the Expert Panel Review of Cervical Screening (details supplied) only sought an examination of slides of women who developed invasive cervical cancer, rather than seeking to determine if there had been missed opportunities to identify abnormal cells in the slides of women who had not at the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (4 Jul 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...cancer screening was published in December 2022. The updated Recommendation recommends extended screening for colorectal (bowel) cancer and breast cancer, along with other recommendations in relation to cervical, lung, prostate and gastric cancer screening. The NSAC will consider this Recommendation and advise me and the Department of Health on the evidence as it applies to Ireland. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...care units. CHOs are also working with education training boards to reach people who may have left education early. The more young people who get vaccinated, and women who get routinely screened for cervical cancers, the better the spread of HPV infection can be controlled. People should visit www.hpv.ie for information and to book an appointment in their local area.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (20 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...cancer screening was published in December 2022. The updated Recommendation recommends extended screening for colorectal (bowel) cancer and breast cancer, along with other recommendations in relation to cervical, lung, prostate and gastric cancer screening. The NSAC will consider this Recommendation and advise me and the Department of Health on the evidence as it applies to Ireland. ...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (13 Jun 2023)

Catherine Ardagh: .... There are pilot programmes ongoing in Ireland and the United Kingdom and the data indicate that lung cancer screening programmes are effective. In Ireland we have three screening programmes for cervical, bowel and breast cancer. Those screening programmes are very important because they catch many cancers at an early stage. While there may be certain issues or problems with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (1 Jun 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Fergus O'Dowd: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the continuation of cancer screening services nationally, including cervical screening; the action he will take to ensure the continuation and expansion of these services, notwithstanding the recent report in the media (details supplied) of 22 April 2023, which reported that the content of briefing papers prepared for the new CEO of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Peter Fitzpatrick: Previous Governments promised to rectify the errors that resulted in the CervicalCheck scandal of 2018 involving several women, including Vicky Phelan, Eileen Rushe and Lynsey Bennett, receiving incorrect smear test results for cervical cancer. For reasons that must be obvious, many women in Ireland have lost confidence in the outsourcing of lab tests to the United States. Yet cervical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Open Disclosure (31 May 2023)

Alan Kelly: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 applies to cervical cancer screening. [26500/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: ...Plan Delivery and Reform, refuse to implement the recommendations of the report. They fight at the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, and the Labour Court and meanwhile we cannot sustain a cervical screening programme at the Coombe Hospital, waiting lists for biopsy results have lengthened and other services and the profession itself is hanging on by the skin of its teeth. Will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

...symptoms. Likewise with screening, we had to react to the fall-off in attendance. The screening programme played an exemplary role throughout the pandemic in catching up with breast screening, cervical screening and, of course, retinopathy. It is a huge challenge worldwide.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (16 May 2023)

Vincent P Martin: ...past we have seen the Government's initial refusal to fund Orkambi, a vital intervention for suffers of cystic fibrosis. The late Vicky Phelan had to persist and plead for pembrolizumab, a life-saving cervical cancer treatment, to be made available. This was eventually done in exceptional circumstances without EU approval showing that where there is a will there is a way. A Sallins...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

...doing in artificial intelligence relates to precise applications that would have everybody's support, such as whether AI can support the interpretation of medical imaging. Rather than looking at cervical smear slides or mammograms in the way it was done in the past, AI could scan the slide and draw attention to certain features or pre-process them. There is a significant amount of...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (19 Apr 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...the extension of the free contraception scheme to women aged 16 to 30; increased investment in a new approach to menopause care, including specialist menopause clinics, more training and service provision by GPs; nearly €5 million towards women’s health hubs, cervical screening and morning sickness drug reimbursement; and the introduction, for the first time, of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...cancer screening was published in December 2022. The updated Recommendation recommends extended screening for colorectal (bowel) cancer and breast cancer, along with other recommendations in relation to cervical, lung, prostate and gastric cancer screening. The NSAC will consider this Recommendation and advise me and the Department of Health on the evidence as it applies to Ireland. ...