Results 1-20 of 171 for cervical speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Apr 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...working together to review available options in relation to the programme. I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the programme activity in 2023. With the aim of moving towards cervical cancer elimination in the coming years, it will be important to focus on increasing vaccination uptake rates in the routine HPV vaccination programme. As you will be aware...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Period Poverty Implementation Group established; starting in 2022, €714,000 was allocated to the Department and HSE for period poverty mitigation in the community, working with community health organisations, local authorities and NGOs. The amount allocated was increased to €814,000 in 2023 and to €914,000 in 2024.Cervical Cancer Elimination target date (2040)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...-year boys and girls in secondary school as part of the routine HPV vaccination programme. A vaccine uptake of 90% in girls by the age of 15 is one of the targets required to achieve the goal of cervical cancer elimination by 2040. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked every country to put measures in place to reach this target, and the HSE is working to increase the vaccine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...year boys and girls in secondary school as part of the routine HPV vaccination programme. A vaccine uptake of 90% in girls by the age of 15 is one of the targets required to achieve the goal of cervical cancer elimination by 2040. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked every country to put measures in place to reach this target, and the HSE is working to increase the vaccine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...year boys and girls in secondary school as part of the routine HPV vaccination programme. A vaccine uptake of 90% in girls by the age of 15 is one of the targets required to achieve the goal of cervical cancer elimination by 2040. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked every country to put measures in place to reach this target, and the HSE is working to increase the vaccine...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...a cancer, especially one that was increasing. Now we will see it in our lifetime. Remarkable. Kim, a patient advocate, described how much it meant to her to be at the event, having had cervical cancer herself. She said: "To see the progress that’s being made in eliminating this cruel disease is really something.” On Friday morning last, clinicians and patient advocates...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...and public services such as healthcare. That is what throwing in the towel looks like and that is what it does. Let us go back to last Friday. After we launched the plan for the elimination of cervical cancer, I visited the new outpatient building for the Rotunda maternity hospital. The building is just off O’Connell Street. It is a €45 million investment by the...

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)

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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (28 Sep 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...;s Beating Cancer Plan, an updated European Council Recommendation on cancer screening (2022/C473/01) was published in December 2022. This recommends extending the population coverage of screening for cervical, colorectal (bowel) and breast cancer in the eligible population. It also sets out other recommendations in relation to lung, prostate and gastric cancer screening. The NSAC will...

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)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the RCOG expert panel provided an independent analysis of their slides to women diagnosed with cervical cancer from 2008 to 2018, who had been screened by the CervicalCheck programme and produced an Aggregate Report, published in December 2019. The key conclusions of the RCOG Expert Panel were that the CervicalCheck programme has undoubtedly saved the lives of...

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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (1 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...on age extension for this screening (the programme currently invites those aged 60 to 69, with an extension to people aged 59 to begin end of 2023). There has also been significant investment in cervical screening, including the introduction of the more effective HPV screening test to help us detect more cancers at an early stage, and the construction of the new National Cervical...

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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...treatment and care for many people, and improving the overall health of our population. Ireland currently operates three population-based cancer screening programmes (BowelScreen, BreastCheck, CervicalCheck), with a September 2022 trend report from the National Cancer Registry stating that our cancer programmes are effective, detecting cancers earlier and saving lives. Under...

Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...put a huge effort into it. It is also important to acknowledge the work of our healthcare professionals within the HSE. There was a lot of criticism of how certain things were done in response to CervicalCheck. I do not know if all of it was warranted, but a lot of it certainly was. I have had a lot of engagement with screening services and the people involved in CervicalCheck on the...