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Programme Manager for Diabetic RetinaScreen, The National Screening Service.

Dublin City, Ireland
Joined April 2023
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Today is #WorldSightDay - a reminder to #LoveYourEyes. 👁️ If you’re living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, regular eye screening can help protect your sight. Find out about free screening with #DiabeticRetinaScreen ➡️ hse.ie/diabeticretinascreen #ChooseScreening
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🎉 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! We are delighted to invite you to join Diabetes Ireland and Sligo University Hospital for our "Living Well with Diabetes" information meeting in Sligo on: 📅 Sunday, 8 November 2026 📍 Sligo Park Hotel, Sligo The event includes sessions on: 🔹 Type 1 diabetes and technology 🔹 Insulin pumps, CGMs and hybrid closed-loop technology 🔹 Type 2 diabetes treatments 🔹 Paediatric diabetes 🔹 Nutrition and diabetes 🔹 Exercise and Type 1 diabetes 🔹 Transitioning from paediatric to adult services 🔹 Real-life experiences of living with diabetes There will also be an opportunity to meet exhibitors and connect with others. 🎟️ REGISTER HERE: lp.constantcontactpages.com/… We look forward to welcoming you to Sligo! #DiabetesIreland #HAESligo #Diabetes #Sligo
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We are looking for people to join an advisory panel to support a research project about improving uptake of diabetic eye screening among young adults in Ireland. Details in the flyer below 👇 or visit: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/… #DiabeticRetinaScreen #ChooseScreening
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Today our #DiabeticRetinaScreen team are at the @Diabetes_ie annual conference sharing information about our eye screening programme. Drop by our information stand where the team are happy to chat with you and answer your questions. #ChooseScreening #DICE2026
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We are delighted to announce Professor Emma Wilmot as the keynote speaker for DTN Ireland 2026, Diabetes Technology and Research Conference, taking place on 22 May at the Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin. Register here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/… #DTNIreland #DiabetesTechnology #DiabetesResearch #HealthcareInnovation
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🧵1/ For International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the women who volunteer on our Patient & Public Partnership (PPP). Today we’re celebrating Mary & Noeleen 👇 ⭐Mary shares her story to encourage and support more people to take part in bowel screening. #IWD2026 #GiveToGain
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Catch up with all our latest news: - Cervical Cancer Prevention Week highlights - Improving equity in diabetic eye screening with Dublin Simon Community - New DiabeticRetinaScreen research project to support young adults with diabetes 👉 tinyurl.com/nss-news-jan-202… #ChooseScreening
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We’re starting work with @uniofgalway to co-design ways to support young adults to take part in #DiabeticRetinaScreen. Thanks to @hrbireland funding, this 2-year project will look at what would make it easier for those aged 18-25 to #choosescreening. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4fhkdby5
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Delighted to be at the Irish Healthcare Awards 2025 and shortlisted in the category for International Collaboration of the year 2025 @HealthAwardsIrl #IMTIHA2025 #choosescreening
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Delighted to be presenting on Diabetic RetinaScreen today at World Sight Day in Belfast. #choosescreening
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We've added new resources to our website about the work we're doing to improve equity in screening and to break down barriers and help more people to access screening: 🟠 new videos 🟠 new publications 🟠 more projects Take a look: hse.ie/equityinscreening #ChooseScreening
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Irish College of Ophthalmologists Annual Conference: Diabetic RetinaScreen: Demand continuing to grow medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @eyedoctorsIRL #ophthalmology #diabetes #retina
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This week, our #DiabeticRetinaScreen team are attending the annual #EAsDEC conference. It focuses on networking and connecting those studying diabetic eye complications and aiming through joint efforts to prevent vision loss from diabetes. #DiabeticRetinaScreen #ChooseScreening
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We’re delighted to welcome the Minister for Health @CarrollJennifer to our Eccles unit this morning to mark 25 years of #BreastCheck. Welcome to our staff, advocacy groups and patient advocates. Thank you for joining us today for #BreastCheck25. #ChooseScreening
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Register now for the #MensHealthWeek webinar which includes guest speakers @bernardjackman, @MDMA_9 and #BowelScreen patient advocate @Grogan7Joe encouraging all men to think and talk about their health in a positive way. Register: tinyurl.com/MHW2025-webinar #ChooseScreening
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On International Traveller and Roma day, we're highlighting the work we do in partnership with @PaveePoint to improve health literacy among Travellers in relation to eye screening for those living with diabetes. 📖 tinyurl.com/48t2cv5m #ChooseScreening #DiabeticRetinaScreen
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Our #DiabeticRetinaScreen Programme Manager @HelenKavan89461 presenting on Ireland's progress building a patient-centred eye screening programme as part of the Six Nations update at today's annual Diabetic Eye Screening Conference hosted by @RoySocMed #ChooseScreening #NDESC25
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Today our #DiabeticRetinaScreen Programme Manager Helen Kavanagh is presenting at the @RoySocMed annual Diabetic Eye Screening Conference, about building a patient-centred screening programme in Ireland and our work to improve equity in screening. #ChooseScreening #NDESC25
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Great to hear about all the enhancements delivering equity in diabetic screening programmes across the seven nations at the National Diabetic Eye Screening Conference in RSM London #ndesc25
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From 1 April 2025 #BowelScreen is for everyone aged 59 to 70. "Once the little sample is in the tube, that’s it. For what those five minutes have meant to me, I’d do it every day if I had to.” @Grogan7Joe #ChooseScreening #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth 👇 irishtimes.com/health/2025/0…
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