Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion

It is about the positive outcomes in cervical screening and the progress that has been made over the past ten to 15 years. I am not sure if enough information is out there in the public domain. For instance, the National Office of Clinical Audit published figures recently on the reduction in the number of people dying in hospitals due to heart attack, stroke or pneumonia. I do not know whether we have got enough information on the changes that have occurred over the past ten years in CervicalCheck. A lot of progress has been made and I am wondering if something can be done to get out the positive information because it has been very much a defensive role that the HSE and the Department have played over the past 18 months. I am wondering if something could be done to get that information out as well.

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