Women and family members affected by the CervicalCheck cancer screening controversy have criticised the Health Service Executive’s late release of documents to the Government’s scoping inquiry. Dr Gabriel Scally, the UK healthcare veteran carrying out the inquiry, said the HSE handed over documents requested – more than 4,000 records – only last week as he was due to produce his progress report. His final report has been delayed from the end of this month until the end of the summer. Cian O’Carroll, Ms Mhic Mhathúna’s solicitor, described the manner in which the HSE handed over records to the Scally inquiry as “clearly an act of obstruction”. Fianna Fáil’s spokesman on health, Stephen Donnelly, said Dr Scally’s progress report showed that “the State is continuing to fail women”.

Source: The Irish Times June 13, 2018 00:00 UTC