Results 41-44 of 44 for cervical speaker:Bríd Smith

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Cervical Screening Programme: Department of Health, HSE, CervicalCheck and the National Cancer Control Programme (2 May 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...the note he read out in the Dáil last night? Mr. Gleeson kicked it up the line. Who did Mr. Gleeson kick it up the line to? There are two heads of screening; one is the head of the national cervical screening programme, Dr. Gráinne Flannelly, and the other is the national head of screening overall, Charles O' Hanlon. To whom was this kicked up the line and what did they do...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Bríd Smith: I asked the Minister to comment on the statement by the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine on cervical screening. The statement said that for any screening programme to be successful, it must have the trust and confidence of the public and to ensure that confidence is maintained the results of the audit of 2014 must be published. Will the Minister comment on that please? ...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...and outsourcing, we use the excuse that the system is in crisis, that there is a backlog, that it takes months to get a result and that we have to go to the wonderful private market. We treated cervical cancer screening, a vital service on which tens of thousands of women rely and for which they understand the need, like every other service or good and organised a tendering competition...

HPV Vaccine: Motion [Private Members] (28 Mar 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...measles-related deaths decreased by 79% in the 21st century up to 2014. Measles vaccination has played a key role in reducing child mortality. As to the HPV vaccine, we know that more than 90% of cervical cancers are caused by HPV, a disease which killed 270,000 girls worldwide in 2012, while 10% of women have required invasive treatment for a pre-cancer over their lifetimes. Numerous...