Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion

Mr. Damien McCallion:

In terms of the RCOG, the eligible group was 1,702. Some 1,072, including next of kin, have consented. While we had a cut-off date, if someone chooses to come in late, we would try and facilitate it where possible up to a certain point. Those slides have started to move. We would have contacted all of those. Everyone would have received two letters as a reminder and we had a helpline that would have received a significant number of calls. We would also have dealt with people who clearly were anxious. They are all women who have had cervical cancer or partners or next of kin of women who had cervical cancer. We would have tried to deal with those as well in terms of explaining what it was and what the process was.

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