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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.

BowelScreen – the national bowel screening programme is marking the start of bowel cancer awareness month by urging people aged 60-69 years to check that they are on the bowel screening register, and to do the free home test.

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.