Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Discussion

Mr. Damien McCallion:

If I might move away slightly from that point to give assurance to people who had tests, Dr. Denton and Dr. Scally stated that when examining the performance, they examined not only the overall performance of the laboratories but also the individuals. It is a small number in this case. That is important to state because we do not want to cause anxiety-----