Screening services should not be paused after High Court ruling - Simon Harris
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Mr Harris said: “It is very difficult to have ‘absolute confidence’ when it comes to health as there are judgement calls made. But equally it is important that we do not pick one or two words or a sentence out of a judgement without getting the Attorney General to give his view.”, said recent events had highlighted the “limitations of screening” but that the college was “committed to supporting these essential services”.
“We are extremely concerned that if all false negative screening tests, which we know are expected in all screening programmes, are deemed as a breach of care within this legal system, that this will seriously undermine and potentially negatively impact the viability of all screening programmes.” Mr O’Carroll queried why Dr McKenna had raised the possibility of the screening programme collapsing and asked why these arguments were being made in the media rather than in court.
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