Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion

Ms Anne O'Connor:

With regard to the question on appointments, we have made three key appointments. We have appointed an interim director of public health while we go out for a permanent competition, and that is Dr. Caroline Mason, who is working with us. Dr. Lorraine Doherty, who is here today, is in her second week in the role of clinical director for the CervicalCheck programme. We have also appointed a laboratory quality assurance lead, Dr. David Nuttall, who has joined us and commenced today. They are three critical appointments that were identified as absolutely necessary in terms of the implementation of the Scally recommendations.

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