Dr. Lorraine Doherty:

I cannot comment on individual cases but if a woman had an inconclusive test and was waiting for a repeat test, she could have the repeat test but like many women in this country she might have had to wait some time to get that result, which is regrettable and unfortunate. If she had her repeat test done privately, we do not receive that laboratory result. As I explained, those results do not come into CervicalCheck's system. It comes to the GP of that lady, the GP holds the result and makes a clinical decision as to where to send that lady for further care. At that stage of the woman's care pathway, CervicalCheck will be unaware that she has had a second test or what the result of that test is.