Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Damien McCallion:

No, it started in 2015. It has been a gradual transition, in the sense that we had pure cytology. Some jurisdictions did not introduce the reflex test but we have done that. As Dr. Doherty has said, the plan is to transition, where HPV becomes the primary screen and cytology becomes almost like a diagnostic on the HPV test.