# 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.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 10 November, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The comments come following a Supreme Court hearing into Ruth Morrissey’s High Court ruling earlier this year.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 23 October, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Speaking to RTÉ Radio One today, Phelan said she was “annoyed” that the apology was delayed.
# Your Say
# Your Say
The Taoiseach yesterday formally apologised to the women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 22 October, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Varadkar apologised to the women, their partners and their children for the pain they suffered.
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Today Dr Gabriel Scally said some women had been “treated appallingly”.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 4 October, 2019
# Flowers For Emma
# Flowers For Emma
Emma was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
# Texas
# Texas
The woman claims that Clinical Pathology Laboratories or its agents were guilty of negligence or breach of duty.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 12 August, 2019
# HPV
# HPV
Some 99% of cervical cancers are caused by HPV.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 7 August, 2019
# Accountability
# Accountability
Patient representatives, however, say a full apology is only possible with a full understanding of who’s accountable.
# 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.
# cervicalcheck - 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.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
# Screening
# Screening
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
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
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
# Colposcopy
# Colposcopy
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
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The HSE has made contact with the women to give them their results directly.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 11 July, 2019
# Waiting List
# Waiting List
“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
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Sinn Féin TD Louise O’Reilly described the situation as “screening on the cheap”.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 17 June, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The State Claims Agency said its appeal will not relate to the decision on the award of damages.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 16 June, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The two laboratories involved in the case have said that they would appeal.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 12 June, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
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
# Cervicalcheck Scandal
# Cervicalcheck Scandal
Dr Gabriel Scally’s latest report is the just the latest review into the CervicalCheck scandal.
# cervicalcheck - 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.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 3 May, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Morrissey and her husband Paul took the action against the HSE and two US laboratories.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 25 April, 2019
# Backtrack
# Backtrack
Phelan made the comments in an interview with The Irish Times.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 10 April, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The Health Minister staunchly defended his decision to offer free repeat smears last year.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 4 April, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
“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
# BACKLOG
# BACKLOG
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
# Out Of Cycle Smears
# Out Of Cycle Smears
Women who had had a free smear test were offered a repeat between May and December 2018.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 27 March, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Around half of the women who were offered the option of a retest have taken it up.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 22 March, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Dr Gabriel Scally is satisfied the HSE has put adequate resources into acting on his recommendations following CervicalCheck .
# cervicalcheck - Monday 18 March, 2019
# Independent TD
# Independent TD
“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
# Department Of Health
# Department Of Health
The scheme is designed to provide an alternative, “non-adversarial” option for women affected by the CervicalCheck issue.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 20 February, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Phelan said today that she has been “very ill” over the past couple of weeks.
# cervicalcheck - 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.
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