# cervicalcheck - Friday 12 November, 2021
# Vicky Phelan
# Vicky Phelan
Phelan said she is now receiving medication to treat her “symptoms”.
# cervicalcheck - 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.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 22 September, 2021
# Cervical Screening
# Cervical Screening
Peadar Tóibín said that just eight women are using the CervicalCheck tribunal.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 19 July, 2021
# Cancer Screening
# Cancer Screening
The samples expired after an increase in the number of cervical smear samples being sent in.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 4 July, 2021
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Last November, Ms Phelan disclosed that she has developed a new tumour for the first time in over two years.
# cervicalcheck - 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.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 19 May, 2021
# Smear Tests
# Smear Tests
Women who had a test booked are to be reassured by GPs that it is safe to wait a little longer for their smear test.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 8 April, 2021
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Around 29,000 women attended for cervical screening last month – representing a significant increase on previous months.
# cervicalcheck - 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.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 25 February, 2021
# Timeline
The powerful, brave women who pushed for a higher standard of cervical screening programme A look at the reports that examined the CervicalCheck programme, and found it clinically sound Where are we now with the issue of liability, the court cases, and the screening programme itself?
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 24 February, 2021
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
148 out of 170 of Scally’s recommended actions have been implemented, with a further 12 on track to be completed.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 10 February, 2021
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
His comments come after reports that the tribunal has yet to receive a single claim, more than two months after it started its work.
# cervicalcheck - Saturday 6 February, 2021
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Lynsey Bennett settled a case with the HSE earlier this week over the alleged misinterpretation of her cervical smear slides.
# cervicalcheck - 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.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# LYNSEY BENNETT
# LYNSEY BENNETT
Lynsey Bennett, who has two young daughters, had four smear tests between 2010 and 2016 but each time was told they were negative.
# cervicalcheck - 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.
# cervicalcheck - 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 .
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Noirin Russell
# Noirin Russell
Noirin Russell acknowledged that trust in the system had been eroded.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 25 November, 2020
# RIP
# RIP
Patricia Carrick passed away peacefully overnight, her husband said.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 18 November, 2020
# 221 Plus Group
# 221 Plus Group
The 221+ group wrote to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly today.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 28 October, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The Department confirmed that an order establishing a tribunal had been signed and said “this could not be reversed”.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 22 October, 2020
# 221+ Group
# 221+ Group
Phelan said when it emerged the Tribunal would be set up within the next seven days, “it felt like a slap in the face”.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The reports, authored by Prof Susan O’Reilly and Prof Risteárd Ó Laoide, were published today.
# cervicalcheck - Saturday 10 October, 2020
# HSE
# HSE
Out of 110,000 invitations, only 12,000 have come forward, according to CervicalCheck director.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 3 September, 2020
# 221+ Group
# 221+ Group
Campaigners and advocates met with Stephen Donnelly yesterday.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 31 July, 2020
# Stephen Donnelly
# Stephen Donnelly
The tribunal was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 26 July, 2020
# Assurances
# Assurances
Leo Varadkar said the Government will put forward patient safety legislation in the Dail.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 23 July, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The judge said the “tragic circumstances had most sadly, come to fruition”.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 22 July, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The 39-year-old CervicalCheck campaigner and mother died on Sunday.
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Paul Reid said he has written to Paul Morrissey, Ruth’s husband, to offer an apology on behalf of the HSE.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 20 July, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
CervicalCheck campaigner Lorraine Walsh said Morrissey’s death marked “a very sad day” for the women of Ireland.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 19 July, 2020
# RIP
# RIP
“Neither the HSE nor the State has ever apologised to her, and now it is too late,” a family statement said.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 24 June, 2020
# Cervical Cancer
# Cervical Cancer
Priority groups will receive letters from 6 July.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 11 June, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
All screening services were cancelled in March when the Covid-19 pandemic began.
# cervicalcheck - 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.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Professor Kitchener said the findings of the RCog report “were striking” with “significant implications”, but “not unexpected”.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Walsh stepped away from her role at the CervicalCheck patient steering committee in October.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 8 December, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
If you’re getting a smear test, what can you expect, and what do the results mean?
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
# 221+
# 221+
Walsh, who developed cervical cancer, was one of the 221 women whose smear tests were read incorrectly.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 3 December, 2019
# RCog Review
# RCog Review
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists review found the CervicalCheck programme was working effectively overall.
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