Debate contribution: Cervical Screening Programme: Atherton Report
Debate contribution by Mr Philip McGuigan on .
- MLA
- Mr Philip McGuigan
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 18 May 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Question for Urgent Oral Answer
- Heading
- Cervical Screening Programme: Atherton Report
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5548697
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Thousands of women have had misread smear tests, including eight who developed cancer and two who, unfortunately, passed away.
Minister, your decision has denied those families the transparency and accountability that a statutory public inquiry would bring. Given your decision to withhold a public inquiry and given the details that you know, who has been held accountable in this public scandal?
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