Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Cancer Screening Programmes: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Michael HartyMichael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Is there an organised programme of audit carried out on interval cancers that occur between one mammogram and the diagnosis of cancer? I am quite surprised to hear that there is no policy of open disclosure in respect of BreastCheck because that has been the central issue that we have been dealing with in respect of CervicalCheck. It has been a policy of the HSE since 2013 and within the ethical guidelines of the Medical Council there is a requirement that there should be open disclosure. Could Professor O'Doherty comment on the fact that there is no reference to that?

Is it the case that the woman who may have had an interval cancer is only informed that there is a review if she requests it? Professor O'Doherty said the recall rate is 7% but the diagnostic rate is 0.7%. Is that the case?

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