Fiona Murphy

Operational excellence and quality improvements central to ongoing strategy implementation at National Screening Service We’ve published our 2024 end of year report outlining the progress we have made implementing our strategic plan.

We’ve published our 2024 end of year report. It shows the progress we’ve made implementing the second year of our strategy #ChooseScreening.

In our latest blog, our Chief Executive @fionamurphy.bsky.social reflects on our achievements and our progress: tinyurl.com/nss-2024-eoy...

#NSS2024

We know that HPV causes most cervical cancers - over 90% of cases.

We also know we can prevent it:
👉 HPV vaccination
👉 cervical screening
👉 treatment for those who need it

Let’s make cervical cancer rare: www.hse.ie/cervicalcancerelimination

#HPVAwarennessDay #TogetherTowardsElimination

National Screening Service supports European lung cancer screening project We're supporting a European study which will help to inform future decisions on the implementation of lung screening in Ireland.

We're supporting a European study to help inform future decisions about lung cancer screening in Ireland.

An EU4Health project, led by Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre and funded by the Irish Cancer Society, Lung Health Check is the first study of its kind in Ireland.

👉 tinyurl.com/mrxwbkub

Dublin woman opens up about her experience of cervical screening and how to make it easier Beth Wallace opened up about her cervical screening journey in the hopes that other women will be inspired to attend their appointments, as they could be life-saving

Beth Wallace spoke with RSVP magazine about her experience of #CervicalCheck saying she's grateful she worked up the courage to go after initially being apprehensive.

"Cervical screening saves lives."

#ChooseScreening

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6 blogs to get you up to date about HPV, vaccines, cervical screening, and cervical cancer elimination For HPV awareness day, we’ve rounded up some of our best content to get you up to date on HPV, vaccines, cervical screening and how together, we can make cervical cancer rare.

Ahead of #HPVAwarenessDay tomorrow, we’ve put together 6 of our best blogs to get you up to date on #HPV, vaccines, #cervicalscreening and how together, we can eliminate #cervicalcancer.

👉 tinyurl.com/6-blogs-hpv-...

#CervicalCheck #ChooseScreening
#TogetherTowardsElimination

Close-up of a woman’s phone in her hand. The HSE Health App is open. The text says ‘The HSE Health App puts your health in your hands. Download the HSE Health App today’.

You can now download the new HSE Health App. With a verified MyGovID, you can safely and securely store your self-declared medication details in the app. Expectant mothers can also see their upcoming maternity appointments. More features will be added in the future. Find out more: hse.ie/health-app

Pre-cervical cancer now ‘rare’ in young women thanks to HPV vaccine CervicalCheck clinical director says high-grade pre-cancer abnormalities in 25-year-olds has fallen from 5% to 1% thanks to HPV vaccination.

Prof @russelln.bsky.social talks about the “incredible” impact of the #HPV vaccine, combined with regular #cervicalscreening, saying that cases of young women in #colposcopy clinics with early signs of #cervicalcancer are now rare in Ireland.

#ChooseScreening
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News update from the National Screening Service – January 2025 Latest news update from the National Screening Service - January 2025

Catch up with all our latest news:

🔶Cervical Cancer Prevention Week
🔶#BreastCheck seeks re-accreditation with EUREF
🔶2023 Public Health activity report published
🔶our latest blogs and news reports

👉 tinyurl.com/nss-news-jan...

#ChooseScreening

News update from the National Screening Service – December 2024 The latest news update from the National Screening Service - December 2024

Catch up with all our latest news:

🟠 Research paper wins Irish Healthcare Award
🟠 Highlights from the 2024 #DiabeticRetinaScreen conference
🟠 New digital portal on equity in screening
🟠 Supporting disabled people to access screening

👉 tinyurl.com/nss-news-dec...

#ChooseScreening

BreastCheck medical physics team joins global IAEA research project Our BreastCheck medical physics team is taking part in a research project led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Our #BreastCheck medical physics team is taking part in a research project led by the @iaeaorg.bsky.social

Principal Physicist Elizabeth Keavey tells us about the research and how it aims to improve x-ray imaging quality and safety in radiology centres worldwide.

👉 tinyurl.com/7bkwtuaa

Research steering Ireland towards cervical cancer elimination wins Irish Healthcare Award We’ve won an Irish Healthcare Award for groundbreaking research on the first Irish data demonstrating the impact of HPV vaccination on cervical cancer.

Our award-winning collaborative research combined #CervicalCheck data with national immunisation data, and demonstrates the impact of HPV vaccination on cervical cancer - steering Ireland towards #cervicalcancerelimination.

👉 tinyurl.com/nss-2024-iha-1

#IMTIHA2024 #ChooseScreening

Supporting disabled people to access screening We’ve developed disability awareness training for our staff to support disabled people to access screening.

We’ve developed disability awareness training for staff across our screening services.

It’s part of our ongoing work to support disabled people to access screening.

Senior Health Promotion Officer, Dr Aoife Collins explains: tinyurl.com/idpwd2024

#ChooseScreening #IDPWD2024
@hselive.bsky.social

News update from the National Screening Service – November 2024 Latest news summary from the National Screening Service - November 2024

Catch up with all our latest news:

🟠 Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action
🟠 #BreastCheck introduces a modernised patient database system
🟠 2024 CervicalCheck conference
🟠 New reps join our Patient and Public Partnership

👉 tinyurl.com/nss-news-nov...

#ChooseScreening

We've been shortlisted for the #IrishHealthcareAwards for our strategic partnership work towards #CervicalCancerElimination.

Our vision is for an Ireland where #cervicalcancer is rare in every community.

👉 www.hse.ie/cervicalcancerelimination

#IMTIHA24 #TogetherTowardsElimination

Our Senior Health Promotion Officer Lynn Swinburne, joined Siobhan McSweeney from Recovery Haven Kerry to chat about our #cancer #screening programmes in Ireland.

Listen now: tinyurl.com/5n7h76ec

#ChooseScreening #BowelScreen #BreastCheck #CervicalCheck

@hselive.bsky.social

Enhancing patient care through technology: A new comprehensive database system for improved breast screening services We’ve recently introduced a modernised patient database system to our BreastCheck programme.

We’ve recently introduced a modernised patient database system to our #BreastCheck programme.

This development is in line with the HSE's Digital Health Strategy, which aims to improve health services for both patients and staff.

➡️ tinyurl.com/ycydn2kv

#ChooseScreening

Cervical cancer mortality in US women younger than 25 years significantly declined between 2016 and 2021, likely due to the widespread adoption of HPV vaccination.

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National Screening Service shortlisted for five Irish Healthcare Awards We’ve been shortlisted in five categories for the 2024 Irish Healthcare Awards.

We’ve been shortlisted in five categories for the 2024 #IrishHealthcareAwards.

Our Chief Executive @fionamurphy.bsky.social said “It’s fantastic to see so much of our excellent work being recognised... a testament to... our staff and partners."

👉 tinyurl.com/nss-2024-iha

#ChooseScreening

Great to get a chance to sit down with Catherine & spend time chatting about how working in partnership with communities is the best way to ensure people can make the right choice for them about screening & vaccinations. Choices that help us make cervical cancer rare #Togethertowardselimination

This week's episode of the HSE Talking Health & Wellbeing podcast explores #cervicalcancer prevention and the work underway towards an Ireland where cervical cancer is rare in every community.

#TogetherTowardsElimination #CervicalCancerElimination

Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/2Mkt...

GIve National Screening Service @nsshse.bsky.social a follow to keep up with what's happening
#ChooseScreening

A fantastic day yesterday when we launched Ireland’s action plan for Elimination of Cervical Cancer by 2040. Amazing to be leading a group of fantastic women leaders.
Still doing most posts on “the other place” but hoping this one catches on

#TogethertowardsElimination

Spaces for listening Brigid Russell and Charlie Jones introduce Listening Spaces, the online initiative they set up jointly in lockdown (May 2020) to give people somewhere to both listen and be heard. Sessions are held tw...

An article co-written with Charlie Jones for Resurgence & Ecologist magazine. It's about our reflections on deep listening and experiences over past 4 years or so in #SpacesForListening

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Hello all at Bluesky! We are Kennys Bookshop - an independent bookshop based in Galway, Ireland where we've been selling books since 1940, a family business, a bricks and mortar shop & an online shop (www.kennys.ie), a shop with new and secondhand books & a place passionate about all things books! 👋

Ireland's cervical cancer elimination action plan will build on the contribution of screening and treating pre cancers #togethertowardselimination

Dr Salome Mbugua @AkiDwA outlines the need to raise awareness & reduce barriers to screening. A cause that is very close to our heart in @NSShse
We’re delighted to be working closely with communities to support women
#ChooseScreening
#Togethertowardselimination

Delighted to attend the launch of Ireland's cervical cancer elimination action plan. #togethertowardselimination

Towards a future where cervical cancer is rare: Ireland’s ambitious vision for 2040 Ireland has set a vision for 2040: to make cervical cancer rare in every community.

Everyone can get involved to support Ireland’s vision to make cervical cancer rare in every community.

👉support the HSE’s HPV vaccination programme
👉choose cervical screening
👉go for treatment when needed

Take action: tinyurl.com/eddvfha6

#TogetherTowardsElimination

Eye screening for people with diabetes - we answer your questions about Diabetic RetinaScreen We offer free eye screening to people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes aged 12 and over.

Today is #WorldDiabetesDay.
We’re highlighting the importance of eye screening for people with #diabetes.
#DiabeticRetinaScreen helps to find and treat a serious eye disease called #retinopathy.
➡️ tinyurl.com/drs-faqs-2024
#ChooseScreening

Tomorrow we’ll publish a national action plan along with our partners to achieve #CervicalCancerElimination in Ireland by 2040.

Find out how communities and our stakeholders shaped this plan as we all work #TogetherTowardsElimination

👉tinyurl.com/mryepmnd