Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion

Mr. Damien McCallion:

Each of the contracts has contract management systems. Dr. Scally has made recommendations with regard to how they might be strengthened. Those recommendations will be incorporated into future contracts. I refer not only to cervical screening contracts, but also to other contracts that the HSE will have with providers. We said earlier that the quality assurance process that still underpins accreditation is one arm of an overall quality service. The quality assurance process is a key aspect of our efforts to provide some extra assurance.