Róisín McCarthy PhD

Research Officer, National Screening Service, HSE @NSShse. Passionate Public Health Researcher. Views my own.

[National Screening Service @NSShse]

We were proud to join international delegates at #ICSN2025 recently to share research and learning on cancer screening.

Read all about it: https://t.co/xqrvsAZ2WJ

We're looking forward to welcoming the global screening community to Dublin in 2027.

#ICSN2027 #ChooseScreening

[National Screening Service @NSShse]

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We’ve published our 2022-2023 #BowelScreen programme report.

Data in the report relates to people invited for bowel screening during this 2-year period when the eligible population for BowelScreen were those aged 60 to 69.

📖https://t.co/SwnMuTzXaS

#ChooseScreening

[Róisín McCarthy PhD @RoisCarthy]

@MaireadOConnor8 @Cerviva @NSShse Excellent presentation! Well done Mairead! 👏👏

[National Screening Service @NSShse]

Our research team getting their #IrishHealthcareAward tonight for research project paper of the year.

Congratulations folks. 👏

#IMTIHA2024 #ChooseScreening #IMTIHA24
#HPV #CervicalCancer #CervicalCancerElimination #TogetherTowardsElimination

[Róisín McCarthy PhD @RoisCarthy]

Great day at the @RCPI_news Faculty of Public Health Medicine Winter Scientific Meeting presenting our research on the knowledge of HPV & cervical screening in young and older women @NSShse #ChooseScreening

[National Screening Service @NSShse]

Today we're attending the @RCPI_news Faculty of Public Health Medicine scientific meeting.

@MaireadOConnor8 & @RoisCarthy are presenting findings from a national survey:
👉#cervicalscreening uptake in older women
👉women's knowledge of HPV & cervical screening

#ChooseScreening

[National Screening Service @NSShse]

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On #InternationalMensDay, we’re encouraging all eligible men to #ChooseScreening.

Screening is a practical step that men can take to look after their health.

#BowelScreen #DiabeticRetinaScreen #IMD2024 👇

[National Screening Service @NSShse]

We’re delighted, along with our partners, to welcome everyone to @EPICMuseumCHQ today to mark #CervicalCancerElimination Day of Action, as we proudly work #TogetherTowardsElimination

Follow us for updates throughout the day.

👉https://t.co/C2acHw5xG9

[Róisín McCarthy PhD @RoisCarthy]

Presenting our findings from our latest survey today at the #CervicalCheck2024 conference on the knowledge and awareness of cervical screening and HPV by socio-economic group in Ireland. @NSShse #HPVVaccination #ChooseScreening

[Fiona Murphy @fiona_murphy1]

What a great group of women guiding the future #CervicalCheck2024
Our screening is in good hands.
#choosescreening

[Fiona Murphy @fiona_murphy1]

And we’re back after coffee for Session 2 at #cervicalcheck2024
Dr Corinna Wright giving us a history lesson on the commencement of cytology…an amazing breakthrough for women’s health.
#choosescreening

[National Screening Service @NSShse]

🧵 We’re delighted to welcome our partners in #cervicalscreening to our 2024 #CervicalCheck conference in #Limerick city today. Thank you for joining us.

Follow #CervicalCheck2024 for updates throughout the day.

👉 https://t.co/Va9HhhRBjU

#ChooseScreening

[Róisín McCarthy PhD @RoisCarthy]

Incidence of #cervicalcancer has reduced to 10.4 per 100,000 through #cervicalscreening and treatment. Ireland on track to reach <4 per 100,000 target by 2040 👏🏻 @russellnoirin @NSShse #HPVVaccination #ChooseScreening #CervicalCheck2024

[Róisín McCarthy PhD @RoisCarthy]

Check out our blog about our latest research findings here ⬇️ #BowelScreen #ChooseScreening #NSS

[National Screening Service @NSShse]

We’ve published a new study which shows that COVID-19 delays to screening #colonoscopy services did not produce a negative impact on clinical outcomes for #BowelScreen participants in Ireland.

Dr @RoisCarthy talks us through the study: https://t.co/7Lnt3VQ0CC

#ChooseScreening

[Róisín McCarthy PhD @RoisCarthy]

@MaireadOConnor8 Thank you Mairead 🤗

[National Screening Service @NSShse]

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We’ve rounded up some of our best content to get you up to date on #screening programmes for #MensHealthWeek.

Screening is a practical step that men can take to look after their health.

👉https://t.co/3pzNkpM7gP

#KnowYourNumbers #MensHealthCounts #MHW2024 #ChooseScreening

[Róisín McCarthy PhD @RoisCarthy]

@MaireadOConnor8 Yes 😂👏🏻👏🏻

[RCSI School of Population Health @RCSI_PopHealth]

We're recruiting for a postdoctoral fellow to work with Dr Nicholas Clarke on the @hrbireland-funded STEP-UP project, which aims to investigate the role of cognitive processes in the cancer screening uptake pathway across the cancer-screening programmes (BreastCheck, CervicalCheck & BowelScreen).

For further info 👉
https://t.co/IxD716oe4n

@CancerCentreIre @RCSI_Irl

[National Screening Service @NSShse]

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We’ve published our #CervicalCheck programme report 2020-2022.

This is the first report to be published since the introduction of primary #HPV cervical screening in 2020.

➡️ https://t.co/x8LA6qi2aB

#ChooseScreening

[Dr Colm Henry, CCO HSE Ireland @CcoHse]

The CervicalCheck Programme Report 2020–2022 shows the positive impact of the change to primary HPV cervical screening. 526,816 screened during a busy COVID-19 period, in line with the previous 2 years. Excellent work done by @NSShse & all those involved in the screening process.

[National Screening Service @NSShse]

📢**Final Call**
Our survey closes at 5pm today.

Ireland is on target to eliminate #cervicalcancer by 2040.

We’re developing an action plan to keep us on track and we want to hear from you.

Be part of it! Do the survey now: https://t.co/C2acHw5xG9

#TogetherTowardsElimination