Cancer inquiry outlines auditing plans

1:00 PM

The cervical inquiry panel has indicated it is taking the first steps towards auditing cervical cancer cases in Gisborne.

The panel will issue an order for the correlation of information between the cancer register and the cancer screening register.

The audit could be extended to other regions, as the inquiry panel is concerned that the under-reporting of smear tests could also have happened outside of Gisborne.

Inquiry head Ailsa Duffy QC says the aim of the audit is to look at the smear histories of women who have developed cervical cancer, by matching up information from the two registers.

- IRN

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