Campaigners furious at guide 'rewriting the facts' on Cervical Check scandal

In his 2018 report, Gabriel Scally raised serious concerns including issues relating to the labs used by Cervical Check — but an official guide states that he found the “screening programme was effective and did not find quality issues with the laboratories”. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The HSE’s National Screening Service has been accused by campaigners of “rewriting the facts” of the Cervical Check scandal. 

The 221+ group, which represents women and families impacted by the smear-test scandal, has hit out at the screening service for claiming, in an information guide, that “no lives were put at risk by doctors not informing patients of the results of the audit” of slides.