Fresh review of CervicalCheck controversy has found there were 10 further labs involved in screening
A fresh review of the CervicalCheck controversy has found there were 10 further labs involved in screening, which the HSE and the cancer screening programme had no knowledge of.
A second report by Dr Gabriel Scally shows further outsourcing of slides and 16 facilities used, rather than 6 which were originally identified.
In total, 12 labs were used in the US, two in Ireland and two in the UK, with one lab in Manchester that was only retrospectively accredited.
Some of the facilities where tests were outsourced to are no longer operating.
Dr Scally says the HSE and CervicalCheck should have been told where tests were being sent to:
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