Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion

Photo of Kate O'ConnellKate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

No, I get all that. If the guy in Salford had not been historically accredited, what would the impact have been? What would have happened if the accreditation body had declined to provide accreditation on the basis that he did not apply for it when he opened his laboratory and he did not get in contact. If the accreditation body had said "No" on the basis that this was the first mention of this laboratory - it was not mentioned in the audit - what would the impact have been? I ask Dr. McGuinness to talk me through what the impact would have been if the accreditation body had not been as generous. What would that have meant for cervical screening? What would it have meant for the accreditation body?