The question has arisen in the context of the most recent problem to arise with the national cervical cancer screening service, CervicalCheck. It emerged earlier this month that some 800 women did not receive their cervical smear test results because of a so-called IT glitch at a Quest Diagnostics laboratory in the US. Questions also surround the “rapid review” of the latest CervicalCheck controversy announced by HSE chief executive Paul Reid. But the woman whose persistence brought the health service’s attention to the problem – which led to delays informing women of repeat smear test results – has expressed concern. At a political level, there is concern too that the review will not assess events within Minister for Health Simon Harris’s private office.

Source: The Irish Times July 17, 2019 16:18 UTC