Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion

Dr. Peter McKenna:

They probably would have got their results quicker. I do not think there is any doubt about that. Would they be less likely to develop cancer subsequently? The answer is that they are an entirely different population who would be much less likely to develop cancer anyway irrespective of the quality of the testing.