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Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: ...for national vacancies across the system and for priority services. In the context of recruitment and expansion, I will briefly reference Dr. Gabriel Scally's scoping inquiry into the CervicalCheck screening programme in 2018, which included the examination of the laboratory services used by the CervicalCheck programme. Arising from recommendations of Dr. Scally's report, a strategic...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Catherine Connolly: .... While the medical scientists and all of their colleagues appealed for this not to be done, each Government, following the lead of the Progressive Democrats, said "No" and that privatisation was the way forward. We then had the scandal of the cervical smear tests. We have learned nothing. The Minister should be telling us why the report has not been implemented, what needs to be done...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Duncan Smith: ...and today's suspended industrial action are testament to that. The shortage of staff has led to outsourcing much of our testing capacity in the country to the US and the UK. We only have to look at the cervical cancer scandal to see what happens when we outsource such a vital service away from the excellence we know and trust in this country to somewhere where we do not have the same...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., governance and regulatory considerations which can inform policy development in this area; — a strategic decision was made, arising from recommendations of the Report by Dr Gabriel Scally in 2018 entitled 'Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme', to develop a National Cervical Screening Laboratory (NCSL), which is due to open in the coming weeks, building...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Gino Kenny: ...to the United States, due to the different testing and screening protocols in place and the disconnect between the outsourced screening programme and the clinical services in Ireland for women subsequently diagnosed with cervical cancer, and concern was also expressed about the loss to the State of the skills to provide the service; — medical scientists are the hidden heroes of the...