# cervical-cancer - Friday 12 November, 2021
# Vicky Phelan
# Vicky Phelan
Phelan said she is now receiving medication to treat her “symptoms”.
# cervical-cancer - Thursday 4 November, 2021
# HPV Vaccine
# HPV Vaccine
The study’s authors said they hope the result encourage more people to get the jab
# cervical-cancer - Monday 4 October, 2021
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Women aged over 50 and the LGBT+ community among those less likely to attend cervical screening, studies have found.
# cervical-cancer - Tuesday 28 September, 2021
# Eileen Rushe
# Eileen Rushe
The 35-year-old mother was diagnosed with cervical cancer in December 2018.
# cervical-cancer - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# Cervical Cancer
# Cervical Cancer
Over 24 years, around 430 women in Scotland who had hysterectomies were wrongly told they didn’t need to be screened.
# cervical-cancer - Tuesday 1 June, 2021
# Rocky
From The42
# Rocky
Jenny Higgins has paid tribute to her team-mate for her bravery in speaking openly about her diagnosis.
# cervical-cancer - Sunday 7 March, 2021
# Smear Tests
# Smear Tests
“My perception is that there is an increasing reluctance to tend for smears because they just feel there’s relatively little point,” Dr Charles Gillham told TheJournal.ie.
# cervical-cancer - Thursday 4 February, 2021
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Lynsey Bennett, who has two young daughters, had four smear tests between 2010 and 2016 but each time was told they were negative.
# cervical-cancer - Monday 18 January, 2021
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
TheJournal.ie spoke to Noirin Russell about some of the common questions about the change to the cancer screening programme.
# cervical-cancer - Thursday 7 January, 2021
# Level 5 Restrictions
# Level 5 Restrictions
Due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, a number of GP clinics won’t be able to offer smear tests as part of CervicalCheck.
# cervical-cancer - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Noirin Russell
# Noirin Russell
Noirin Russell acknowledged that trust in the system had been eroded.
# cervical-cancer - Monday 20 July, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
CervicalCheck campaigner Lorraine Walsh said Morrissey’s death marked “a very sad day” for the women of Ireland.
# cervical-cancer - Wednesday 24 June, 2020
# Cervical Cancer
# Cervical Cancer
Priority groups will receive letters from 6 July.
# cervical-cancer - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The Supreme Court case had grappled with the complicated issue of whether “absolute confidence” was needed in a screening programme.
# cervical-cancer - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Walsh stepped away from her role at the CervicalCheck patient steering committee in October.
# cervical-cancer - Sunday 8 December, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
If you’re getting a smear test, what can you expect, and what do the results mean?
# cervical-cancer - Wednesday 28 August, 2019
# Remuneration
# Remuneration
A new remuneration policy will be announced next month.
# cervical-cancer - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
# Vaccination
# Vaccination
Harris is considering advice from the Attorney General on mandatory vaccination.
# cervical-cancer - Monday 12 August, 2019
# HPV
# HPV
Some 99% of cervical cancers are caused by HPV.
# cervical-cancer - Sunday 11 August, 2019
# HPV Vaccine
# HPV Vaccine
Over 500 cases of cancer associated with the HPV infection are diagnosed every year in Ireland.
# cervical-cancer - Wednesday 7 August, 2019
# Sharon's Story
# Sharon's Story
The case of Sharon – who waited months to receive her results – was outlined in a rapid review of CervicalCheck yesterday.
# cervical-cancer - Friday 26 July, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The government has said the appeal does not relate to the €2.1 million in damages and that the Morrisseys will retain that irrespective of the outcome.
# cervical-cancer - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
# Simon Harris
# Simon Harris
Meanwhile, the HSE says that 52 of the women who were re-tested were found to have HPV.
# cervical-cancer - Sunday 14 July, 2019
# Colposcopy
# Colposcopy
One women whose GP noticed a visual abnormality in her cervix was told she could be waiting more than six months.
# cervical-cancer - Thursday 4 July, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Sinn Féin TD Louise O’Reilly described the situation as “screening on the cheap”.
# cervical-cancer - Monday 17 June, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The State Claims Agency said its appeal will not relate to the decision on the award of damages.
# cervical-cancer - Saturday 4 May, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Yesterday Ruth Morrissey said she hopes the decision in her case will be a positive thing for other women affected by the scandal.
# cervical-cancer - Wednesday 27 March, 2019
# RIP
# RIP
Laura Brennan will be laid to rest following the service in Ennis Cathedral this afternoon.
# cervical-cancer - Thursday 21 March, 2019
# Thank You Laura
From The Daily Edge
# Thank You Laura
The HPV vaccine campaigner passed away this week.
# Laura Brennan
# Laura Brennan
The 26 year-old died of cancer in Limerick yesterday.
# cervical-cancer - Wednesday 20 March, 2019
# Laura Brennan
# Laura Brennan
Brennan was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 24.
# cervical-cancer - Wednesday 20 February, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Phelan said today that she has been “very ill” over the past couple of weeks.
# Cervical Cancer
# Cervical Cancer
The disease claims the lives of more than 300,000 women every year.
# cervical-cancer - Wednesday 13 February, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Health Minister Simon Harris promised it would be introduced in September last year. This was then pushed out to January 2019.
# cervical-cancer - Friday 8 February, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The HSE has been aware of this error since November but it was only made public two weeks ago.
# cervical-cancer - Thursday 24 January, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The smear-test samples expired after there was a delay in transferring the samples to a slide within the six-week timeframe.
# cervical-cancer - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Simon Harris had been warned on numerous occasions that his announcement of free repeat smear tests was “dangerous” .
# cervical-cancer - Saturday 19 January, 2019
# Orla Church
# Orla Church
Orla Church was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2015.
# cervical-cancer - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Stephen Teap said he went public with his story this year so he can tell his boys when they grow up that he did everything he could.
# cervical-cancer - Sunday 30 December, 2018
# State Papers 1988
# State Papers 1988
19 women wrote to the then-Minister for Women’s Affairs and Family Law about the issue, State Papers reveal.
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