CervicalCheck audit timetable
Mary Butler asked for a timeframe for auditing additional CervicalCheck cases and reassurance for worried women. The Health Minister said he would revert with a time limit and that UK specialists were about to begin the audit.
My question is also for the Minister for Health. I wish to raise with him again the ongoing CervicalCheck crisis. At the beginning of the crisis we heard about the 1,482 cases and the 209 false negatives. We then heard there were another 1,500 cases and we know those smears are being audited. When can we expect a timeframe on that? I am still being contacted by women who, while not directly affected, are still worried and concerned because they do not know where they stand. It would be appreciated if the Minister could provide a timeframe for the process.
Comment on this
I will revert to the Deputy specifically on a time limit. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in the UK, along with the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, have been asked to audit all of those files, and that work is about to commence.