HSE GIVES REASSURANCES ABOUT SMEAR TESTS AT UHG

Date Published: 02-Nov-2007

The Health Service Executive is reassuring women that cervical smear tests will continue to be screened at University Hospital Galway.It follows concerns that the HSE freeze on recruitment would mean that the Galway Hospital would no longer have the capacity to carry out the service for other parts of the countryHowever a statement issued by the HSE last night says screening will continue, pending the roll out of the National Cancer Screening Programme.