Results 1-18 of 18 for hpv speaker:Frank Feighan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Nov 2022)

Frank Feighan: ...treatment which prevents HIV and is provided to populations at substantial risk of sexual acquisition of HIV. Over 2,000 individuals, mostly gay men, are currently registered with the national programme. - HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine extension to men and women living with HIV up to and including 26 years; and to gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM), including...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (5 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: ...to emphasise the fact that colposcopy identifies abnormal cells and is not a cancer diagnosis in the first instance. In most cases, it takes between ten and 15 years for a human papillomavirus, or HPV, infection to cause abnormal cells to develop into cervical cancer. In addition, cervical cancer is a rare outcome of a HPV infection. The Minister for Health and I want to ensure that we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...other doctors are providing virtual consultations, and PrEP service users attend GMHS for STI screening, blood testing and treatment as required. Those with diagnosed STIs or requiring Hepatitis and/or HPV vaccine continue to be treated in GMHS also. A weekly STI clinic has commenced for symptomatic screening and treatment of both new and returning service users and, also, follow up...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...other doctors are providing virtual consultations, and PrEP service users attend GMHS for STI screening, blood testing and treatment as required. Those with diagnosed STIs or requiring Hepatitis and/or HPV vaccine continue to be treated in GMHS also. A weekly STI clinic has commenced for symptomatic screening and treatment of both new and returning service users and, also, follow up...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...other doctors are providing virtual consultations, and PrEP service users attend GMHS for STI screening, blood testing and treatment as required. Those with diagnosed STIs or requiring Hepatitis and/or HPV vaccine continue to be treated in GMHS also. A weekly STI clinic has commenced for symptomatic screening and treatment of both new and returning service users and, also, follow up...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jul 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...other doctors are providing virtual consultations, and PrEP service users attend GMHS for STI screening, blood testing and treatment as required. Those with diagnosed STIs or requiring Hepatitis and/or HPV vaccine continue to be treated in GMHS also. A weekly STI clinic has commenced for symptomatic screening and treatment of both new and returning service users and, also, follow up...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...James’s Hospital) and other doctors are providing virtual consultations, and PrEP service users attend GMHS for STI screening and blood testing. Those with diagnosed STIs or requiring Hepatitis and/or HPV vaccine continue to be treated in GMHS also. The temporary closure of the GMHS in 2020 resulted from the pressures arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and related primarily to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...James’s Hospital) and other doctors are providing virtual consultations, and PrEP service users attend GMHS for STI screening and blood testing. Those with diagnosed STIs or requiring Hepatitis and/or HPV vaccine continue to be treated in GMHS also. The temporary closure of the GMHS in 2020 resulted from the pressures arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and related primarily to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Apr 2021)

Frank Feighan: ..., St James’s Hospital) and other doctors are providing virtual consultations and PrEP service users attend the GMHS for STI screening and blood testing. Those with diagnosed STIs, or requiring Hepatitis and/or HPV vaccine, continue to be treated in GMHS also. Previously the GMHS relied heavily on agency staff. This is no longer the situation. The funding allocated to the HSE in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (31 Mar 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...Consultant and other doctors are providing virtual consultations, and PrEP service users attend the GMHS for STI screening and blood testing. Those with diagnosed STIs, or requiring Hepatitis and/or HPV vaccine, continue to be treated in GMHS also. Previously the GMHS relied heavily on agency staff. This is no longer the situation. The funding allocated to the HSE in respect of the GMHS...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (24 Mar 2021)

Frank Feighan: ..., St James’s Hospital) and other doctors are providing virtual consultations, and PrEP service users attend GMHS for STI screening and blood testing. Those with diagnosed STIs or requiring Hepatitis and/or HPV vaccine continue to be treated in GMHS also. The recruitment of permanent staff is progressing, with administrative staff in post and IT expansion underway. In summary, GMHS...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Mar 2021)

Frank Feighan: ..., St James’s Hospital) and other doctors are providing virtual consultations. PrEP service users attend GMHS for STI screening and blood testing. Those with diagnosed STIs or requiring Hepatitis and/or HPV vaccination continue to be treated in GMHS also. In summary, a phased reintroduction of STI services is currently under way in GMHS. All services are being and will continue...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...Consultant and other doctors are providing virtual consultations, and PrEP service users attend GMHS for STI screening and blood testing. Those with diagnosed STIs or requiring Hepatitis and/or HPV vaccine continue to be treated in GMHS also. In summary, a phased reintroduction of STI services is currently under way in GMHS. All services are being and will continue to be delivered in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (17 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...to reduce the multiple pandemic related constraints on the health service as a whole. As the topics raised are service matters, for additional operational updates, including the current status of HPV vaccinations, I have also asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National LGBTI+ Strategy (13 Jan 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...HIV Ireland's MPOWER and the Man2man programmes, the HIV Fast Track Cities initiative, the national PrEP programme, expansion of the National Condom Distribution Service and expansion of the HPV Vaccination scheme to included gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men as part of wider public STI and HIV related services. The Deputy will be aware that 2020 was intended to be the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (18 Nov 2020)

Frank Feighan: .... At that time, approximately one-third of students in junior infants still had outstanding vaccines. The visits to second level schools had only just commenced for the second dose of the HPV and the meningococcal vaccines. Therefore, about 90% were outstanding. To address this issue, all CHO areas provided clinics for the outstanding immunisations to school-aged children in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (25 Sep 2020)

Frank Feighan: ...keep abreast of changes in the pattern of disease.Therefore, the immunisation schedule will continue to he amended over time. In 2009, the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, recommended HPV, or human papillomavirus, vaccination for all 12 to 13-year-old girls to reduce their risk of developing cervical cancer when they are adults. In 2010, the HPV vaccination programme was...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (25 Sep 2020)

Frank Feighan: ...past. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide and one woman dies of cervical cancer every two minutes. Almost all of the cases of cervical cancer can be attributed to HPV infection. HPV also causes other cancers.For example, approximately 60 men and women are diagnosed with HPV-associated cancers of the mouth and throat every year in Ireland in addition to...