There were also medical advisers to the inquiry who subsequently had long roles in advising the development of the National Cervical Screening Programme. These include Professor Charlotte Paul, a specialist in public health and epidemiology; colposcopist Dr Gary Fentiman; and Dr Peter Sykes. Another person who was instrumental in the setting up of the national screening programme in the years after Cartwright was Professor David Skegg, an epidemiologist who continues to help the Government with many of the COVID challenges we are facing—recently serving on the Epidemic Response Committee.