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The HSE have confirmed that the BreastCheck Screening Mobile Unit will return to Athlone in August.

BreastCheck, the HSE National Breast Screening Programme, which offers population-based breast screening to eligible women on an area-by-area basis every two years, lost a year of screening time due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lung screening should be added to Ireland’s list of cancer screening programmes to help save more lives, the Irish Cancer Society has urged.

Fear of the unknown, cost, and a lack of awareness around preventative health screenings have been revealed as the top three reasons that a staggering one in two (50 percent) of the Irish public are putting off potentially life-saving tests and checks.

Fianna Fáil Galway City East councillor, Alan Cheevers, is calling for the screening age for bowel cancer to be reduced from its current age range of 60 to 69, to 50 to 69 instead.

Q. Do I need to register for the free cancer screening programmes and when do I become eligible?

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has published a scoping report of evidence supporting a proposal by the National Screening Service (NSS) to extend diabetic retinopathy screening intervals from one to two years, for those at low risk of diabetic retinopathy progression, in Ireland.

The backlog in cancer screening and treatment services is "concerning" and demands an all party response and increased funding from the Government.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has today published two evidence summaries to support the National Public Health Emergency Team’s (NPHET’s) response to Covid-19.

Longford/Westmeath Fianna Fáil Deputy, Robert Troy, has stressed the urgent need for the recommencement of cancer screening services to prevent a surge in delayed diagnoses in the coming months.