# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
As the backlog of smear tests continues to cause delays, the HSE is struggling to restore public confidence in the screening programme.
Share11
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 14 July, 2019
One women whose GP noticed a visual abnormality in her cervix was told she could be waiting more than six months.
Share5
# cervicalcheck - Friday 12 July, 2019
The HSE has made contact with the women to give them their results directly.
Share69
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 11 July, 2019
“It is unfortunate that the CervicalCheck programme has been hit with another body blow,” Sinn Féin TD Louise O’Reilly said.
Share63
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 4 July, 2019
Sinn Féin TD Louise O’Reilly described the situation as “screening on the cheap”.
Share109
# cervicalcheck - Monday 17 June, 2019
The State Claims Agency said its appeal will not relate to the decision on the award of damages.
Share25
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 16 June, 2019
The two laboratories involved in the case have said that they would appeal.
Share32
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 12 June, 2019
A report released yesterday indicated that Irish smear samples were sent to 16 labs – not 6, as was initially reported in 2018.
Share84
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 11 June, 2019
Dr Gabriel Scally’s latest report is the just the latest review into the CervicalCheck scandal.
Share12
# cervicalcheck - Saturday 4 May, 2019
Yesterday Ruth Morrissey said she hopes the decision in her case will be a positive thing for other women affected by the scandal.
Share19
# cervicalcheck - Friday 3 May, 2019
Morrissey and her husband Paul took the action against the HSE and two US laboratories.
Share100
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 25 April, 2019
Phelan made the comments in an interview with The Irish Times.
Share
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 10 April, 2019
The Health Minister staunchly defended his decision to offer free repeat smears last year.
Share301
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 4 April, 2019
“The last few months have been so stressful for me and my family – just that thought of facing court as I recover from the last treatments of chemotherapy.”
Share18
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 3 April, 2019
Micheál Martin said the decision was made by the government to “save their own skin and cover their own tracks”.
Share558
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 28 March, 2019
Women who had had a free smear test were offered a repeat between May and December 2018.
Share84
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 27 March, 2019
Around half of the women who were offered the option of a retest have taken it up.
Share11
# cervicalcheck - Friday 22 March, 2019
Dr Gabriel Scally is satisfied the HSE has put adequate resources into acting on his recommendations following CervicalCheck.
Share49
# cervicalcheck - Monday 18 March, 2019
“The day of just two will do is no longer acceptable,” Dr Michael Harty, chair of the Oireachtas Health Committee, told TheJournal.ie.
Share3
# cervicalcheck - Monday 11 March, 2019
The scheme is designed to provide an alternative, “non-adversarial” option for women affected by the CervicalCheck issue.
Share106
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 20 February, 2019
Phelan said today that she has been “very ill” over the past couple of weeks.
Share41
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 13 February, 2019
Health Minister Simon Harris promised it would be introduced in September last year. This was then pushed out to January 2019.
Share2
The HSE will tell the Health Committee about the backlog latest today.
Share137
# cervicalcheck - Saturday 9 February, 2019
“I’m glad to be out,” he said when asked if he misses being in charge of the HSE.
Share109
# cervicalcheck - Friday 8 February, 2019
The HSE has been aware of this error since November but it was only made public two weeks ago.
Share179
# cervicalcheck - Friday 25 January, 2019
Women are having to wait an average of 22 weeks to receive their results, and thousands of tests need to be redone.
Share138
There is no provision for expediting cases where there is a known history of cancer or abnormal smear results.
Share40
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 24 January, 2019
The smear-test samples expired after there was a delay in transferring the samples to a slide within the six-week timeframe.
Share595
The health minister knew about the retests in December while the HSE were informed a month earlier.
Share558
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
Simon Harris had been warned on numerous occasions that his announcement of free repeat smear tests was “dangerous” .
Share782
# cervicalcheck - Saturday 19 January, 2019
Orla Church was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2015.
Share280
# cervicalcheck - Monday 14 January, 2019
Taoiseach says women of Ireland have his commitment that changes will be made to the health service.
Share307
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 10 January, 2019
Six months later, the HSE announced that GPs had been told the offer of free repeat smear tests were to end on 31 December.
Share198
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
“During the Repeal the Eighth campaign you stated that you trusted women… but your behaviour during this debacle suggests otherwise,” one letter said.
Share230
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 8 January, 2019
The letter says that there had been a delayed diagnosis after the results of a smear test taken in June were received in October.
Share636
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
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.
Share238
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
Varadkar said he regrets he was so misinformed and the government didn’t make ‘better decisions’.
Share22
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
The 35-year-old Cork woman died of cancer in July last year.
Share246
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 5 December, 2018
Ireland owes it to these women, Labour’s Alan Kelly said.
Share1443
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 27 November, 2018
She was given a terminal diagnosis at the start of this year and Phelan said the drug Pembro is allowing her to live with the disease.
Share1030
Variably cloudy, breezy and warmer
Max: 26 °C
Min: 15 °C
Mostly sunny and pleasant
Max: 23 °C
Min: 16 °C
An a.m. t-storm; clouds and sun, humid
Max: 23 °C
Min: 15 °C
