Cervical check scandal

Warning to new HSE chief of threat to future of cancer screening services

Difficulty recruiting staff to work in an environment where they will be processing a high volume of tests while running the risk of being sued

CervicalCheck: Coombe lab forced to outsource cervical cancer screening work to the US due to non-compliance issue

Ex-Nphet member Cormican ‘didn’t set out to open a can of worms’ with recent criticisms of pandemic response

Campaigners describe Wednesday as ‘a very proud day but also a very sad day’

The legislation makes it mandatory for patients to be informed of their right to patient-requested reviews following representations from the 221+ support group

Woman settled a separate personal injuries case for €450,000 over alleged misreading of her sample

Paul Cullen talks to the head of the NCSL, Ireland’s new dedicated cervical screening lab, built so that Irish women’s samples no longer need to be sent abroad.

The woman’s lawyers said 'two missed opportunities have had devastating consequences'

Doctor who led inquiry into CervicalCheck scandal says current testing systems are as ‘good as can be’

High Court judge says facts of the case taken by relatives of late Irene against labs and HSE ‘dark and disturbing’

Irene Teap died aged 35 in July 2017 from cervical cancer after abnormalities in her smear tests were not reported

Minister says ‘we don’t normally legislate at that level’ but ‘there’s a particular unique context to this in Ireland’

Party is understood to be planning an intervention in the Dáil on Tuesday

Campaigner was a fearless warrior who got the most out of every minute, community gathered at memorial service in Mooncoin hears

Village of Mooncoin shares pride and grief at public memorial for CervicalCheck campaigner

Memorial service for the late cervical cancer awareness campaigner will be held in Mooncoin on Sunday

Investigator reports substantial progress on implementation of recommendations

Dr Gabriel Scally said treatment of 221+ group ‘completely unacceptable’ as one affected women complained about being ‘treated like a leper’

Report author said he was told some clinicians asked women whether they were members of 221+ before considering treating them

Campaigner was in a vanguard of women fighting the system along with Louise O’Keeffe and Marie Fleming

Board warned Minister of ‘negative consequences’ of plans to legislate for mandatory open disclosure in medical cases

Miriam Lord: Vicky’s work is far from done. Others have been inspired. They will do it now in her memory

Almost 370 CervicalCheck cases taken in the High Court up to last August

The campaigner said she wanted ‘action, not accolades’ but got both

The mother-of-two had sued HSE over alleged failure to read smear tests

National Cervical Screening Lab set to begin operations at the Coombe hospital in Dublin later this year

HSE has admitted a breach of duty in relation to the reporting of a 2013 smear sample

Guide indicated ‘no lives were put at risk’ by doctors not informing patients of the results of an audit of their smears

HSE boss Paul Reid says apology by Dr Noirin Russell was ‘necessary and appropriate’

Support group accuses National Screening Service of attempting to ‘rewrite history’ in guide issued to the media

‘I can leave bricks and mortar’ for son Seamus’ after living in house for over 10 years

CervicalCheck campaigner has been undergoing treatment through a clinical trial

Q&A: Cervical Check victim fears loss of home and benefits

Kelly also notes ‘failure ’ to address concerns of women over the CervicalCheck Tribunal

Number attending screenings climbed to almost 30,000 in March

Scally says money paid to company he set up gone to medical experts, investigatory trips

It had been expected Cabinet would agree a three-year extension for dependants of those affected by controversy

McEntee expected to bring informal update to Cabinet about Saturday’s protest in Dublin city centre

Restoring public trust in screening service vital to success of cancer treatment in future