NSS publications

Information Leaflets/Booklets

GP surgeries, health care professionals and other individuals/groups can order free information leaflets and promotional materials for any of our screening programmes online at www.healthpromotion.ie.

Publications

Public Health Team Activity Report - 2022

This report sets out our work in 2022 to address equity in screening, improve the quality of our screening programmes, and improve population health.

Public Health Team Activity Report - 2022

Working to reduce inequity in screening – 2022

This report sets out our activity in 2022 to improve equity across all programmes and departments.

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Working to reduce inequity in screening - National Screening Service 2022

National Screening Service Strategic Plan 2023-2027

Choose Screening is the National Screening Service 5-year Strategic Plan outlining the strategic priorities and goals of the organisation for the years 2023-2027.

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National Screening Service Strategic Plan 2023-2027

Interval Cancer Project - Annual Report 2021/2022

This report outlines the significant progress made during the second year of implementing the recommendations arising from the Expert Reference Groups’ (ERG) Interval Cancer Reports. The report describes the background to the project, progress made in year 2, the challenges associated with implementing the ERG recommendations, and the steps to be completed in the year ahead.

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Interval Cancer Project Annual Report 2021-2022.pdf

Implementation of the Prof MacCraith Report: Review by the National Screening Service

This report outlines the progress made by the HSE, National Screening Service and CervicalCheck addressing recommendations from the MacCraith Report not covered by Implementation of Dr Scally Reports: A review by National Screening Service.

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Implementation of the Prof MacCraith Report: Review by the NSS (275KB)

Implementation of Dr Scally Reports: A Review by the National Screening Service

This report outlines the progress made by the HSE, National Screening Service and CervicalCheck implementing the recommendations of the Dr Scally Reports 2018 & 2019 and the subsequent final Dr Scally Report published in November 2022 which identified no outstanding or new recommendations to be completed.

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Implementation of Dr Scally Reports - A Review by the National Screening Service .pdf (524KB)

LGBT+ Cervical Screening Study

This study focused on examining the knowledge, attitudes, participation and experiences of lesbian and bisexual women, transmen, non-binary and intersex people with a cervix in cervical screening in Ireland and was carried out between October 2020 and March 2021.

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LGBT+ Cervical Screening Study.pdf (1.16MB)

BreastCheck Data Quality Statement

Data Quality Statement to accompany data released by BreastCheck. It includes data quality assurance, contextual information, the methods used to compile the statistics and other background information that data users may find useful.

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Data Quality Statement BreastCheck.pdf (638KB)

BreastCheck Programme Report 2020

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BreastCheck Programme Report 2020.pdf (830KB)

Empowering Communities to Promote Equity in Cancer Risk Reduction, Screening and Early Diagnosis

The public health department in the National Screening Service, in partnership with the National Cancer Control Programme, has published an Equity Tool for community health workers to aid in their role in promoting equity.

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