BreastCheck (The National Breast Screening Programme) Previously BreastCheck (National Breast Screening Register)

BreastCheck is a Government funded programme providing breast screening to women through a network of four static centres and a number of mobile units. Screening is offered to eligible women by personal invitation for a free mammogram on an area-by-area basis every two years. BreastCheck compiles a register (list) of women eligible for screening from information supplied by the Department of Social Protection (pre-2020 also included other sources of data). BreastCheck is allowed to source this information under The Health (Provision of Information) Act, 1997. **Purpose:** BreastCheck is a Government funded programme providing breast screening and invites women aged between 50 to 69 years for a free mammogram on an area-by-area basis every two years. The aim of BreastCheck is to reduce deaths from breast cancer by finding and treating the disease at an early stage. The purpose of the database is to provide a population register containing demographic data to identify eligible women for the purposes of screening. Clinical data is collected on individuals that recei **Coverage:** National – BreastCheck has completed an age extension project to include all women aged between 50 to 69 years to be invited for routine breast screening every two years. 2000 - Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, Longford, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath. 2005 - Addition of Carlow