Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion

Mr. Damien McCallion:

We worked with RCOG and with the laboratory when the issue was raised. We then made contact with the women and explained the circumstances in letters to each of the three women affected. As the royal college has said, it did not know to whom the set of slides related. It is a very unfortunate set of circumstances. People in the HSE made contact with the people on the matter. The college has said that, thankfully, this did not have an impact on the individual's review, which was positive. It is certainly not something anyone wanted to happen.