Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Damien McCallion:
All I can say from my discussions with him is there were areas where he identified clear scope for improvement both within the programme and laboratories. What he said was that, in terms of parameters for performance within the laboratories – we had this direct conversation and it is in his report specifically - there was no reason not to do that. That does not mean there are not things we need to tackle like there are with any provider both on our side in terms of CervicalCheck and also within the laboratories themselves.