Results 1-6 of 6 for cervical speaker:Jack Chambers

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: CervicalCheck Screening Programme Update: Discussion (13 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: I acknowledge that. I know that it has been a long morning. I have some specific questions. How do Irish guidelines adhere to the European guidelines for quality assurance in cervical screening? Have these been updated? Cytotechnologists recommend five minutes per slide and one minute for documentation. Have we a real-time analysis of where the Irish position rests with those...

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: ...flawed and the State has held on to an entrenched position because of this. The report did not acknowledge that thalidomide had remained on the Irish market for several years after the date of knowledge that it posed a risk. Like the cervical cancer cover-up of this century, in the previous century pregnant women who ingested thalidomide were never told that their unborn babies could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: ...from now informing us about a patient safety incident because of a prescription sent by fax or email. We need to be cognisant and deal with it in a proactive way now. My next question is on CervicalCheck. Dr. Gabriel Scally appeared before the committee. Both he and Dr. Denton stated that the criteria for selection in arriving at the figure of 221 were unclear. Did the 221 selected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Jack Chambers: Is Mr. McCallion stating that four of the 221 did not have cervical cancer?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 Oct 2018)

Jack Chambers: 362. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the 2010 contract agreed between a company (details supplied) and the national cervical screening programme, CervicalCheck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43211/18]

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Jack Chambers: ...entrenched position because of that. The report did not acknowledge that thalidomide remained on the Irish market for several years after the date of the knowledge that it posed a risk. Like the cervical cancer cover-up of this century, in the previous century, pregnant women who ingested thalidomide were never told that their unborn babies could have been injured in utero. Why Ireland...