Letters to the Editor: Screening does more good than harm

Gabriel Scally stated: ‘Women can have confidence in and should take full advantage of the cervical screening programme.’ Picture: Sam Boal

The opinions expressed by Alison O’Connor in her column on Friday, November 25 should be read widely ( Alison O’Connor: We must not let fear of litigation halt future screening programmes).

I agree with each and every one of her comments on screening. There is an irreducible percentage of false negatives on screening tests which are set up to screen and not to diagnose.