Cancer society ‘full confidence’ in state bowel screen service

The Irish Cancer Society says it has full confidence in the National Bowel Screening Programme and urges people to use the life-saving service.

The charity said it has been assured by the HSE National Screening Service that improvements have already been made to services at hospitals that deliver colonoscopies on behalf of BowelScreen, following a review of Wexford General Hospital.

Health Minister Simon Harris urged people to continue using the bowel screening service after a report found that a recall of 615 patients detected 13 “possible missed cancers” at the hospital.