Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the 221 women who had different results and ultimately some having satisfactory treatment and so forth, when they were discovered, did alarm bells go off anywhere in respect of the laboratories to which their tests had been sent? For example, if one received a report and suddenly discovered that ten, 15, 20 or whatever number of results showed a negative in terms of accuracy, would it be normal to find out which laboratory dealt with them, particularly if a series of issues arose with one particular laboratory? I realise the matter is ongoing and has not been determined yet, but in terms of micromanagement it might be possible to find out where the first 50 or 60 cases came from.

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