The State Claims Agency (SCA) has insisted it was told by the HSE’s CervicalCheck programme that all women had been informed of the outcomes of cervical cancer audits. In a letter to the Dáil Public Accounts Committee the agency disputed evidence provided last week on the issue by CervicalCheck. “Senior counsel specifically asked if that person, the employee of CervicalCheck, was aware whether or not the affected women had been informed. Labour Party TD Alan Kelly said on Thursday the agency letter was “extremely serious”. He said there was now a situation where the agency was completely contradicting CervicalCheck regarding evidence given with regard to the case brought by Ms Phelan.

Source: The Irish Times May 25, 2018 00:22 UTC