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

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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I thank our witnesses for coming before us this morning and for giving us all the information. Confidence has been mentioned on numerous occasions in recent years, including the lack of confidence in the system as expressed by patients and victims. We can do little about what has happened at this stage but we can affect what happens in future. Are the experts satisfied that the measures taken are sufficient to restore the confidence of patients and their families in the system? Are they sufficient to reassure the families and the bereaved that, in the event of something like this happening again, they are in safe hands? Can each of our experts address that question?