Dáil debates

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Other Questions

Cancer Screening Programmes

5:45 pm

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----specifically MedLab Pathology and Clinical Pathology Laboratories, CPL, on the one hand, and the Coombe Hospital, on the other. To reassure people in seeking follow-up tests, will the Minister outline which laboratories will be used? At the weekend The Sunday Business Postreported that the minimum time for the study of each test was approximately six minutes under the protocol. It was not clear whether the protocol was being adhered to by the American laboratory. What is the position in that regard? The HSE would not offer a reply on it to the media.

Regarding the clinical audit and reviews, have there been contacts with all of the doctors who did not inform their patients of the false negative results?

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