# 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.
# Women's Health
# Women's Health
The HSE will tell the Health Committee about the backlog latest today.
# cervicalcheck - Saturday 9 February, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
“I’m glad to be out,” he said when asked if he misses being in charge of the HSE.
# cervicalcheck - 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.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 25 January, 2019
# Repeat Tests
# Repeat Tests
Women are having to wait an average of 22 weeks to receive their results, and thousands of tests need to be redone.
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
There is no provision for expediting cases where there is a known history of cancer or abnormal smear results.
# cervicalcheck - 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.
# Hpv Test
# Hpv Test
The health minister knew about the retests in December while the HSE were informed a month earlier.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Simon Harris had been warned on numerous occasions that his announcement of free repeat smear tests was “dangerous” .
# cervicalcheck - Saturday 19 January, 2019
# Orla Church
# Orla Church
Orla Church was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2015.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 14 January, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Taoiseach says women of Ireland have his commitment that changes will be made to the health service.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 10 January, 2019
# Smear Tests
# Smear Tests
Six months later, the HSE announced that GPs had been told the offer of free repeat smear tests were to end on 31 December.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
“During the Repeal the Eighth campaign you stated that you trusted women… but your behaviour during this debacle suggests otherwise,” one letter said.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 8 January, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The letter says that there had been a delayed diagnosis after the results of a smear test taken in June were received in October.
# cervicalcheck - 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.
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