Panel to probe cancer testing

AN eight-person investigation team has been given its terms of reference to establish why test results given to a breast cancer patient were wrong.

Last night the Health Information and Quality Authority charged the panel with finding out why breast checks examined at University College Hospital Galway could no longer be trusted and what the risks are to current and future patients.

The team will be headed by British doctor Mike Durkin who is medical director of the South-West Strategic Health Authority in England.