Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Public Accounts Committee
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
9:00 am
Dr. Peter McKenna:
It is entirely possible that a smear could be taken and the report returned a medical practitioner having direct sight of it. Smears are read by laboratory technicians and may be taken by a practice nurse. If the reading is normal, the result is returned to the programme and the woman informed without any input from a medical practitioner. That is the system which is in place.
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