The cervical cancer steering committee will meet later this morning, after a week of controversy which has dogged the national screening programme. Patient representatives will get an opportunity to question health officials over why 800 women experienced delays in getting their HPV virus test results. This latest CervicalCheck problem arose exactly one week ago, when it emerged around 800 women who underwent screening were not issued with their results due to a so-called IT issue with the Quest lab in the U.S.That figure has now been revised upwards to 856 women. This morning the cervical cancer steering committee will meet. It's made up of health officials, senior civil servants and patient advocates Stephen Teap and Lorraine Walsh, the founders of a support group for women affected by Cervical Check issues.

Source: Irish Examiner July 18, 2019 06:00 UTC