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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: There was a commitment from the previous Government regarding cervical cancer testing in Ireland. I have seen the figures and they are very low. I understand there were challenges with regard to Covid and so on but is there a plan to increase that percentage and, if so, by how much?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2022: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Dr. Colm Henry: The rate of uptake for the cervical programme is quite good at about 78% of the eligible population. The screening age range is from 25 to 65 with increased frequency in the first few years, reflecting the higher prevalence of HPV infection in younger age groups. It broadens out to five-year intervals thereafter. In March 2020, just before the pandemic, we switched over to...

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