Dr. Tony Holohan:

I do, and I say this because it is not flagging the same thing. Disclosure operating in a screening environment is not the same. It is true to say the CervicalCheck programme did not have its own specific policy relating to open disclosure, and perhaps that is learning that can be applied. The only other jurisdiction we have been able to identify that has open disclosure specific to audit findings of this kind is England. Most jurisdictions throughout Europe do not have express policies and most that do have express policies not to disclose such information. All of those policies relating to disclosure recognise that this inherent fact is true, that open disclosure in a screening environment is different from normal clinical situations. That is not to say, therefore, that it is not in compliance with the open disclosure policy.