Debate contribution: Cervical Cancer Screening: Health and Social Care Trusts

Debate contribution by Mr Tom Buchanan on 2 June 2026.

MLA: Mr Tom Buchanan
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 2 June 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Cervical Cancer Screening: Health and Social Care Trusts
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5584376

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Thank you for that, Minister. That is welcome. Do you accept that the women in the Western Trust were denied the same level of scrutiny and potential redress as those in the Southern Trust? On the back of that question, is the real reason that the Western Trust was excluded because, if it had been included, it would have revealed a much larger systemic failure that would have made the case for a statutory public inquiry unavoidable?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 2405/22-27.

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