Irish Examiner View: Dumping of Scally won't inspire confidence in CervicalCheck reform

The absence of one of the people central to the reform of the CervicalCheck process will hardly inspire confidence in those dozens of women directly affected, many of whom remain gravely ill

Dr Gabriel Scally has been central to the reform of the CervicalCheck process. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

There was confusion yesterday over the position of Dr Gabriel Scally and whether he was still involved in providing progress updates to the Department of Health on the process of fixing the CervicalCheck screening programme, which has not been completed fully.

What was described in the Dáil as the effective "dumping" of Dr Scally is bound to unnerve CervicalCheck campaigners, not least among them the women directly affected who are acutely aware that 22 of his 170 recommendations remain to be implemented.