Topical question AQT 2405/22-27

Topical question by Mr Tom Buchanan on .

MLA
Mr Tom Buchanan
Party at the time
Democratic Unionist Party
Date
2 June 2026
Type
Topical question
Assembly reference
AQT 2405/22-27
Business
Oral Answers to Questions
Assembly identifier
Official Report component 5584372

Text

Mr T Buchanan asked the Minister of Health why his assessment of the cervical screening failures, including the six reports and his decision not to establish a statutory public inquiry, was confined almost in its entirety to the Southern Health and Social Care Trust, excluding all other trusts, despite clear evidence that women in those trusts also received incorrect results.

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