Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Public Accounts Committee
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
9:00 am
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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It is PA 32 1891. It is the context of the guidelines the HSE would have to comply with with regard to full disclosure. It says only in exceptional circumstances based on the clinical interest of a service user, it is likely that the service user will not benefit from open disclosure, and it goes on to give reasons. What Mr. Gleeson had in the circular that was given to clinicians was that, as a general rule of thumb, the outcome should be communicated to women.