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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: That is horrendous.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: We hear an awful lot of commentary on the future. Mr. Teap has spoken very publicly about being a patient advocate and the many different costs of that. When Ms Walsh talked about feeling threatened and fearing consequences, she really meant it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: Ms Walsh has been very clear. This is not my committee, but she does not have to be afraid in here, as the Chairman said when he read out the note on privilege at the beginning of the meeting. A lot of questions I was going to put forward have been dealt with so I will drift into a little more detail. I have two questions for Mr. Teap. First, we know of the story of Bernadette Kiely,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: I am talking about the case as a topic as well as the individual.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: There is now a fear that there are additional non-disclosures, effectively.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: The truth is everything. I ask Mr. Teap to respond to my other question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: That is very interesting information that needs further analysis because it would cause deep concern. Mr. Teap might share that information with us and we will then perhaps process that through the right channels. I have two last questions. Both witnesses can give them quick-fire answers. First, we talk about the limitations of screening. I am very much taken by the way in which both...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: Nor have I.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: That is a very good point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: That has been very well explained.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Engagement with Patient Representatives on CervicalCheck and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Review Process (17 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: I do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: I do not think that even our guests believe that will happen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: I will try my best. I thank our guests for their opening statements. I have a lot to get through. I want to say to our guests from RCOG, the Department of Health and the HSE that we have a serious issue when the lady who commenced all of this, Vicky Phelan, says she has no confidence in this report. The two patient advocates who were before the committee last night also said they have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: I have just one supplementary question. In the report regarding Lorraine Walsh's issue, which is public which is why we talk about it, it stated that as part of this process there was verification. We all know there was a whole range of reports done by RCOG which had to be sent by the HSE back to all the women. At one phase maybe 40% were sent through. All the databases were checked and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: The question was more for Professor Kitchener.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: I do not expect Professor Kitchener to do so, in fairness.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Independent Expert Panel Review into Cervical Screening: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Alan Kelly: On 18 April of this year, the RCOG report - it is public information because we do our research here - acknowledges that there are serious IT problems. There is an urgent need to address the outdated IT systems that support cervical screening. The programme's IT infrastructure was deemed not fit for purpose by a 2011 Department of Health report and can hamper the quality of services....