Welcome to the website for the Ministerial Inquiry into the under-reporting of cervical smear abnormalities in the Gisborne region

Report of the Office of the Controller and Auditor General 
This report is an investigation into the Ministry of Health and what further progress has been made into implementing the recommendations of the Cervical Screening Inquiry; released 08 December 2003. (Opens in the OAG website).

Report on implementation of Gisborne Cervical Screening Inquiry recommendations
The report by Dr Euphemia McGoogan, released at midnight 03 July 2003, is available: PDF Version (PDF, 116 kB) or  Word version (RTF, 174 kB)

Inquiry Report
The report, released at midday 10 April 2001, is available here.

Media Releases
Contains media releases from the Minister of Health and the Ministry of Health about the report. Releases from other parties will be added as they become available - last updated 3 July 2003.

Background
Background information and frequently asked questions about the Inquiry and information about the National Cervical Screening Programme

Proceedings
Each days proceedings are posted here. Last updated 14:35 Monday 18 December 2000.

Getting Help
There are two help lines set up to help women who are concerned about their cervical smears or who have health problems because of mis-reading of their cervical smears.

About the Inquiry
Information about the Inquiry which began Monday April 10, 2000 in Gisborne.