Debate contribution: Screening: PHA/HSCT Interaction
Debate contribution by Mr Mike Nesbitt on .
- MLA
- Mr Mike Nesbitt
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 18 February 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Screening: PHA/HSCT Interaction
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4806320
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I thank the Member for her interest in the issue, which goes much broader than a protocol. I have no doubt that she was shocked, as was I, at the time that passed before there were the right interventions. The screening programme encompasses a range of services provided by the trusts, GPs and the Business Services Organisation (BSO). We have had a number of reports on what went wrong with the occurrences in the Southern Trust. I await some quality assurance reports, and I will then decide on the way forward. The point is that it does not matter what protocols are in place; it is whether they are effective and are followed. Clearly, something went badly wrong and affected a really large number of women. I am determined that we will get to the bottom of it. The questions that we must ask are, "What went wrong? Why did it go wrong? Who was responsible for it going wrong? What steps can we put in place to ensure that it never happens again or, at least, to minimise the chances of it happening again?".
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