Written answers
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Department of Health
National Cervical Screening Programme
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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205. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been contacted in regard to CervicalCheck; when she will receive a follow-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21946/18]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The HSE have advised that any woman who has received a clear CervicalCheck smear test result previously should proceed with their next scheduled test as normal.
With a view to reassuring women about the safety of the CervicalCheck programme, I have arranged that any woman who has had a CervicalCheck smear test, and who following consultation with her GP determines that she wishes to have a further test, may do so without charge.
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