The briefing memo prepared by John Gleeson, CervicalCheck programme manager, is the most up to date memo and as such is the memo referred to by the Director General at the meeting today. There is a natural tendency in considering the outcomes of a cancer audit process to focus on cancers which were not prevented. There is a natural tendency in considering the outcomes of a cancer audit process to focus on cancers which were not prevented. A cervical clinical cancer audit process is not a mandatory requirement of a cervical screening programme and is not undertaken by all programmes. It is likely to have arisen even in the absence of a clinical audit process n .

Source: The Irish Times May 10, 2018 16:52 UTC