Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
1530. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the regional breakdown of the BreastCheck screening uptake rate according to the Public Service Performance Report 2017, in tabular form; the locations of those that have not availed of the screening; and the reason given. [33292/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Public Service Performance Report 2017 indicates a national BreastCheck uptake rate of 72.2%. This exceeds the 70% BreastCheck target uptake rate.
BreastCheck is organised through four regional units responsible for the delivery of the programme nationwide. These are the BreastCheck Eccles Unit, BreastCheck Merrion Unit, BreastCheck Southern Unit and BreastCheck Western Unit.
The National Screening Service has provided the following breakdown of uptake rates by region (BreastCheck Unit) for the period 1 January - 30 September 2017:
|
Regional Unit |
Uptake Rate |
|
BreastCheck Southern Unit |
71.8% |
|
BreastCheck Western Unit |
76.7% |
|
BreastCheck Eccles Unit |
72.0% |
|
BreastCheck Merrion Unit |
70.3% |
The counties covered by each BreastCheck Regional Unit are as follows:
- BreastCheck Eccles Unit - North Dublin, Cavan, Carlow, Kilkenny, Longford, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly and Westmeath.
- BreastCheck Merrion Unit - South Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Wexford and Wicklow.
- BreastCheck Southern Unit - Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary South and Waterford.
- BreastCheck Western - Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Tipperary North.
BreastCheck continues to focus on devising strategies to maintain high uptake rates including through general marketing, direct targeted marketing and the introduction of text message reminders for appointments.
