Plain-speaking Dr Scally is just the man for our ailing health system

Dr Scally has produced a report that sets a standard. It is most unIrish in that it does not obfuscate, writes Alison O’Connor

IT WAS a leak from a Government led by a Taoiseach to whom the art of political spin is paramount.

As it happened it was over-spin because — perhaps to their own surprise – the report into the CervicalCheck controversy has set a standard for others that will follow it, and graphically highlights the deficits in those that preceded it. Dr Gabriel Scally has produced a report that sets a standard. It is most unIrish in that it does not obfuscate. The author says what he means, and means what he says.