Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion

9:00 am

Dr. Gabriel Scally:

I thank the Deputy. I will deal with those questions, taking the final question about the commission of inquiry first. It was not me maintaining it. It was my view, as expressed in the foreword, that I did not think it was necessary. I still do not believe it is necessary. There will be another opportunity for me to reflect on that when we finish the next piece of work, and how satisfactorily we finish that.

The Deputy asked if there were recommendations I would have included, and I have mentioned one. I probably should have said something about the issue of training. It is particularly crucial because of the shift to the primary HPV screening, it is hoped within the next 12 months. That is a big shift and is a whole new set of learning about the system for all the people who are involved in women having the test, and also the health professionals with whom they interact in doing the test. If I had a 51st recommendation-----

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