Minister to be quizzed on breast screening review
Jersey's health minister will be asked what he plans to do to address issues identified in a review of the island's breast screening service.
Deputy Lucy Stephenson will ask health minister deputy Tom Binet the question in the States Assembly on Tuesday.
It comes after the health service contacted a number of patients for "precautionary" further tests after concerns there may have been "false negatives" on breast screenings.
The minister's question was approved by the Bailiff as an urgent addition to the States order paper on Monday evening.
Ms Stephenson said she wanted to know what action the health department was taking and how long it would take.
Speaking to the BBC on Monday, Jersey's deputy medical director Simon West said he could not guarantee there would not be more issues uncovered within the health department.
He said the department was now run better, and staff were encouraged to report problems they found.
"As we go through the next few months and years, you may see other things occurring within HCS, it's an indication of how strongly we're trying to improve the overall service of health delivered to the population of Jersey", Mr West said.
'Abundance of caution'
The Royal College of Radiologists and the British Society of Breast Radiologists reviewed the work of one radiologist - after another staff member raised questions about their work.
Health and Community Services (HCS) said it had invited 20 patients, out of 2,798 reviewed, to come for further tests - and had contacted another 14 people where there may have been a delayed diagnosis.
It said patients were being recalled as a "precautionary check... out of an abundance of caution, and with patient safety as its number one priority."
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