Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion

Mr. Damien McCallion:

I will respond briefly before asking Dr. McKenna to speak.

There is a recognition that colposcopy services are under pressure. As Dr. Doherty said, the two sources of referral are through the screening programme and directly from GPs. We have seen increased demand for colposcopy services. Funding has been set aside this year to invest in them. Dr. McKenna might describe the process we went through to try to ensure additional resources were made available to address the concerns that had arisen.