5 September 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork City Council has been awarded the Smarter Travel Mark, Silver Level, from the National Transport Authority. The Smarter Travel Mark is a recognition of Cork City Council’s commitment to changing attitudes and behaviours regarding walking, cycling and public transport usage by implementing measures that facilitate, support and…
Updated / Thursday, 25 Feb 2021
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Prof O'Doherty said BreastCheck will get to all women waiting for a mammogram as quickly as possible
The National Clinical Director of the BreastCheck Programme has said there is a huge price to pay for the pandemic and a lot of ground has been lost in all services including health, mental health and education.
Professor Ann O'Doherty urged any woman with symptoms to come forward and said that more money must now be invested in symptomatic services that "are really on their knees".
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Prof O'Doherty said BreastCheck will get to all women waiting for a mammogram as quickly as possible but warned that she could not say when this would happen because the national programme has to screen the whole country.