Dr. Lorraine Doherty:

I wish to make it clear that if a woman goes private for any reason, CervicalCheck will not have her result because it is a public, rather than a private, programme. The question of access to colposcopy services which do not sit primarily within CervicalCheck has been clarified. Women go to gynaecology or colposcopy clinics for a range of reasons. Of course, women who have a clinical need based on a public or private smear test result are entitled to a referral to a colposcopy unit.