Exclusively focused on education and research to drive improvements in human health worldwide, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences is an international not-for-profit university, headquartered in Dublin.

Founded in 1784 as the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland with responsibility for training surgeons in Ireland, today RCSI is an innovative, international university and research institution offering education and training at undergraduate, postgraduate and professional level.

The Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre, is made up of Beaumont Hospital, the Royal College of Surgeons In Ireland (RCSI) and St. Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network. The Cancer Centre was awarded OECI accreditation, in 2022, the second cancer centre in Ireland to receive this.

The Centre’s mission is to provide equitable, individualised quality care to patients with cancer in North Dublin, the North East of Ireland and Nationally. We seek to deliver novel therapies through biomarker-based clinical trials, guided by ground-breaking preclinical and translational research.

The Irish Cancer Society provides free supports to everyone affected by cancer, and is a trusted source of cancer information. Visit their website to find out more or to learn about their funding of valuable cancer research such as the Lung Health Check.

Centric Health, founded in 2003 by Dr. Maurice Cox and Dr. Ray Power, is a leading provider of primary healthcare services in Ireland with 80 GP practices and 650,000 patients nationwide. Centric Health is committed to delivering high-quality, accessible healthcare and ensuring that patients receive comprehensive care within their communities. Its mission is to keep people healthy by integrating innovative healthcare solutions and putting patient welfare at the heart of everything it does.

The Irish Lung Cancer Community (ILCC) is the united voice of people impacted by lung cancer in Ireland. The ILCC empowers all those affected by lung cancer through the provision of education, information and support, the ILCC also works to promote more positive perceptions about the disease. The aim of the ILCC is to address the historic lack of advocacy for people with lung cancer in Ireland and to drive research into the disease with a view to improving outcomes.

The ILCC helps:

• People with a current or previous diagnosis of lung cancer
• Family members, friends, and caregivers of people with lung cancer
• People at risk of lung cancer

The ILCC Lung Cancer Patient Support Group takes place on the first Thursday of each month at 8pm on Zoom. These informal meetings, are especially for people living with lung cancer, provide a safe and supportive space to discuss any topic of interest. 

Alliance Medical is Europe’s leading provider of outsourced Diagnostic Imaging across Europe. In Ireland, we are headquartered in Limerick and have 38+ clinical locations throughout the country, including Dublin, Cork, Galway, Wexford, and Belfast.

Alliance Medical is proud to provide full end to end services for this pioneering Lung Health Check program. This ranges from onboarding participants during the phone risk assessment stage right through to completing all aspects of the Lung Health Check appointment which will be performed in state of the art mobile CT and mobile support units located in the community setting.

SOLACE (Strengthening the Screening of Lung Cancer in Europe) is an EU project funded under the EU4Health programme. The aim of the project is to create clear, concise and practical guidelines on implementing a lung cancer screening programme at a national level.  

The SOLACE project will run pilots to identify and enrol specific populations that are currently underrepresented or at higher risk of lung cancer. This includes women, people living with other diseases, ethnic minorities, people living in geographically remote regions, socially deprived populations and people living in remote areas. 

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

This project is co-funded under the EU4Health Programme 2021–2027 under grant agreement no. 101101187.

St James’s Hospital is Ireland’s largest acute academic teaching hospital and is based in Dublin’s south inner city. Our fundamental purpose is the delivery of health treatment, care and diagnosis as well as health promotion and preventative services at local, regional and national levels. Our academic partner is Trinity College Dublin.
St James’s Hospital is one of eight adult designated national cancer centres in the country. It is the largest in terms of activity encompassing a number of national cancer care services. It is this unique position that has enhanced our collaborative commitment with Trinity College Dublin to develop and evolve a comprehensive Cancer Institute dedicated to improving the care and outcomes of patients with cancer. In 2019, the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute formally received its accreditation from the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI).
St James’s Hospital is one of only four designated surgical centres for the treatment of lung cancer in Ireland. The Thoracic Surgical department perform > 50% of all curative-intent surgery for lung cancer in the country and consequently, over the past 20-years, have developed a multi-specialty institutional expertise providing a comprehensive patient-centred journey of care for lung cancer patients. St James’s is also the first European Accredited Thoracic Surgical Oncology Centre in Ireland, awarded by the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS), recognising excellence in the provision of thoracic surgical care to Irish lung cancer patients.

The Strengthening the screening of Lung Cancer in Europe (SOLACE) project is a pioneering new EU4Health project under the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. It aims to facilitate implementation of lung cancer screening programmes across Europe. The project will break down the barriers to screening to ensure people across all social and economic groups can access it.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

This project is co-funded under the EU4Health Programme 2021–2027 under grant agreement no. 101101187.