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# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 24 June, 2020
Cervical screening to resume next month - breast and bowel cancer screening to restart in September
Priority groups will receive letters from 6 July.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 11 June, 2020
Simon Harris confirms that all cancer screening services will resume by July
All screening services were cancelled in March when the Covid-19 pandemic began.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 19 March, 2020
HSE and two laboratories lose Supreme Court appeal against Ruth Morrissey
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
‘Remarkable coincidence’ that two campaigners' smear results were mixed up, hearing told
Professor Kitchener said the findings of the RCog report “were striking” with “significant implications”, but “not unexpected”.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
Issues over review of smear slides were ignored, says CervicalCheck campaigner Lorraine Walsh
Walsh stepped away from her role at the CervicalCheck patient steering committee in October.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 8 December, 2019
CervicalCheck: How does Ireland's cervical smear screening programme work?
If you’re getting a smear test, what can you expect, and what do the results mean?
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
Lorraine Walsh resigns from CervicalCheck steering group, says she doesn't have confidence in report
Walsh, who developed cervical cancer, was one of the 221 women whose smear tests were read incorrectly.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 3 December, 2019
Health Minister Simon Harris says limitations of smear screening is a 'difficult, painful reality'
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists review found the CervicalCheck programme was working effectively overall.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 10 November, 2019
'Overly cautious' reading of smear tests would be damaging and bring an end to screening programmes
The comments come following a Supreme Court hearing into Ruth Morrissey’s High Court ruling earlier this year.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 23 October, 2019
'A lack of respect': Vicky Phelan hits out at TDs who didn't attend formal Dáil apology
Speaking to RTÉ Radio One today, Phelan said she was “annoyed” that the apology was delayed.
Poll: Does a formal apology from the government make a difference?
The Taoiseach yesterday formally apologised to the women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 22 October, 2019
Taoiseach makes formal apology to women affected by failures in CervicalCheck programme
Varadkar apologised to the women, their partners and their children for the pain they suffered.
Taoiseach to deliver State apology to women affected by CervicalCheck scandal
Today Dr Gabriel Scally said some women had been “treated appallingly”.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 4 October, 2019
Cervical cancer campaigner Emma Mhic Mhathuna to be honoured on first anniversary
Emma was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
CervicalCheck scandal: Woman granted leave to serve personal injuries summons on US clinic
The woman claims that Clinical Pathology Laboratories or its agents were guilty of negligence or breach of duty.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 12 August, 2019
New test could make it easier to predict women's risk of developing cervical cancer
Some 99% of cervical cancers are caused by HPV.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 7 August, 2019
State apology on the cards after Varadkar and Harris meet CervicalCheck support group
Patient representatives, however, say a full apology is only possible with a full understanding of who’s accountable.
'Rude', 'didn't care', 'absence of customer service': One woman's experience of CervicalCheck delays
The case of Sharon – who waited months to receive her results – was outlined in a rapid review of CervicalCheck yesterday.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 26 July, 2019
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal against judgement in Ruth Morrissey case
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.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
CervicalCheck scandal: HSE says 434 smears expired before testing
The HSE said expired samples, as well as expired or damaged vials, are “an inevitable feature” of cervical screening programmes.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
Court cases, a smear test backlog and now an 'IT issue' - 15 months of the CervicalCheck scandal
As the backlog of smear tests continues to cause delays, the HSE is struggling to restore public confidence in the screening programme.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 14 July, 2019
CervicalCheck backlog leaves women waiting months for abnormal cervix assessment
One women whose GP noticed a visual abnormality in her cervix was told she could be waiting more than six months.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 12 July, 2019
HSE orders 'rapid review' after 800 women failed to receive their smear test
The HSE has made contact with the women to give them their results directly.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 11 July, 2019
CervicalCheck smear results weren't sent to some women due to IT glitch at US lab
“It is unfortunate that the CervicalCheck programme has been hit with another body blow,” Sinn Féin TD Louise O’Reilly said.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 4 July, 2019
Scally: Price for cervical screening tender 'became a much more important factor' than quality
Sinn Féin TD Louise O’Reilly described the situation as “screening on the cheap”.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 17 June, 2019
'She wants it to be over': Ruth Morrissey 'very upset' over State move to appeal CervicalCheck case
The State Claims Agency said its appeal will not relate to the decision on the award of damages.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 16 June, 2019
Simon Harris says he'll look to protect Ruth Morrissey award in any appeal of her court case
The two laboratories involved in the case have said that they would appeal.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 12 June, 2019
Varadkar says outsourcing of cervical smears is 'serious' and may be 'a breach of contract'
A report released yesterday indicated that Irish smear samples were sent to 16 labs – not 6, as was initially reported in 2018.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 11 June, 2019
'Lack of transparency to Irish women was entirely unacceptable': Report finds smear tests were sent to 16 labs
Dr Gabriel Scally’s latest report is the just the latest review into the CervicalCheck scandal.
# cervicalcheck - Saturday 4 May, 2019
'Raw and needless cruelty': CervicalCheck cases 'a no-win situation' for all involved
Yesterday Ruth Morrissey said she hopes the decision in her case will be a positive thing for other women affected by the scandal.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 3 May, 2019
Ruth Morrissey: 'I want to move on and spend whatever time I've left with my daughter'
Morrissey and her husband Paul took the action against the HSE and two US laboratories.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 25 April, 2019
Vicky Phelan apologises to Leo Varadkar after referring to him as 'a gay man' during criticism
Phelan made the comments in an interview with The Irish Times.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 10 April, 2019
Simon Harris stands over his decision to offer repeat smear tests, despite being warned about delays
The Health Minister staunchly defended his decision to offer free repeat smears last year.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 4 April, 2019
Woman with terminal cancer settles smear test case for €2.5 million
“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.”
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 3 April, 2019
Former CervicalCheck boss says Harris was warned that offering extra smear tests could cause delays
Micheál Martin said the decision was made by the government to “save their own skin and cover their own tracks”.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 28 March, 2019
CervicalCheck: It has cost €9.6m to give free repeat smear tests to women
Women who had had a free smear test were offered a repeat between May and December 2018.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 27 March, 2019
Of 4,500 repeat smear tests that expired, 2,500 have been retested
Around half of the women who were offered the option of a retest have taken it up.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 22 March, 2019
'Deeply flawed' policy on open disclosure in the HSE still in place, Scally review finds
Dr Gabriel Scally is satisfied the HSE has put adequate resources into acting on his recommendations following CervicalCheck.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 18 March, 2019
Clare TD Michael Harty: 'I took a different view from my rural colleagues on the drink driving laws'
“The day of just two will do is no longer acceptable,” Dr Michael Harty, chair of the Oireachtas Health Committee, told TheJournal.ie.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 11 March, 2019
CervicalCheck ex-gratia payments scheme to be set up 'in the coming weeks'
The scheme is designed to provide an alternative, “non-adversarial” option for women affected by the CervicalCheck issue.
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