Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology
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The past decade has seen a transformation in the National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP) largely driven by responses to various screening scandals. Independent inquiries into these laboratory failures have identified a number of contributing factors. ⋯ However, the results do not indicate a widespread breakdown in working relationships between consultants and biomedical scientists, although there is room for improvement in their relationships with hospital management. Finally, there seem to be mixed messages about the commitment of consultants to the screening programme.