Ms Michele Tait:

As Mr. McCallion stated, we have opened up communications with patients on this from the get-go. As the implementation lead for the Scally report, one of my objectives is to restore public confidence in the screening programmes, particularly in CervicalCheck. We have made great efforts to keep communications open with patients and encourage members of the public to continue to attend for their smear tests. This programme will continue to save lives and it is important that people continue to have confidence in it and attend for their smear tests when they are called. We are doing this work in parallel with everything else that is taking place in the organisation.