Missing slides made no 'material difference' to CervicalCheck findings, RCOG insist

At a meeting of the Oireachtas committee on health, Solidarity-People Before Profit TD, Bríd Smith, said many of the missing slides had serious misreadings.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists "is certain" that the inclusion of 35 missing slides in its review of the CervicalCheck controversy would not have made a “material difference” to its findings.

The review found “missed opportunities” to prevent or diagnose cancer earlier in some women but, overall, the Irish screening programme is performing effectively.