Disabled women having difficulty accessing basic health services, committee hears Specific needs of many are not addressed with CervicalCheck or BreastCheck, politicians told
Tue, Mar 9, 2021, 14:02 Aine Kenny
Disabled women are having issues accessing basic health services, including vital cancer screening, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters heard on Tuesday.
Selina Bonnie, vice-chairwoman of the Independent Living Movement Ireland, told the committee that many disabled women’s specific access needs are not addressed when availing of CervicalCheck or BreastCheck.
“Depending on the equipment available in individual GP surgeries, and the location of colposcopy clinics, many disabled women are faced with significant travel to access services that meet their individual support needs,” she said in her opening statement.