Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed)

Photo of Michael McNamaraMichael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Cancer screening was stopped across the country and are still suspended. Some private doctors who did not sign the type A contract continued to carry out screenings in their rooms. They were told on a Friday afternoon that they would no longer be indemnified by the State Claims Agency in respect of those. In effect, they were prevented from carrying out any colposcopies or other screenings. Who made that decision?

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