# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 13 February, 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.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
# Highs And Lows
# Highs And Lows
Varadkar said he regrets he was so misinformed and the government didn’t make ‘better decisions’.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
# Cancer
# Cancer
Stephen Teap said an independent review of Irene’s smear tests has concluded one of her slides was incorrectly read and that there was a breach of duty of care in the reading of this slide.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 5 December, 2018
# Urgent Need
# Urgent Need
Ireland owes it to these women, Labour’s Alan Kelly said.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 27 November, 2018
# Pembro
# Pembro
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.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 19 November, 2018
# Bbc 100 Women
# Bbc 100 Women
The activist said she is “so privileged” to be included on the BBC’s list.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 12 November, 2018
# Open Disclosure
# Open Disclosure
‘Open disclosure’ made headlines in recent months due to the CervicalCheck controversy.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 8 November, 2018
# High Court
# High Court
“I note that the interview panel described the respondent as ‘eager to work and learn’. But learn at whose expense?” the judge said.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 5 November, 2018
# HSE
# HSE
Varadkar said Tony O’Brien “was right to step down” as HSE chief in light of the CervicalCheck scandal.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 4 November, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The Health Minister has been defended by Charlie Flanagan, who said Tony O’Brien had “a pretty rapid fall from grace”.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 2 November, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Phelan’s bravery in making public her missed CervicalCheck results led to national outcry and an investigation.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 18 October, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Due to the upsurge in the number of women presenting for their smear test, there is now a backlog of 60,000.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 16 October, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
In his report, Justice Meenan recognises the “courage and fortitude” of the woman affected and their families.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 10 October, 2018
# Cancer Screening
# Cancer Screening
Dr Gabriel Scally told an Oireachtas Committee that an initial review to identify women involved was flawed.
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Crowds gathered to remember and thank Emma, who had spoken on behalf of the women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 8 October, 2018
# Smear Tests
# Smear Tests
Existing contracts with two laboratories are due to expire this month.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 5 October, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Figures show 1,300 letters were sent to women asking them to consent to be included in the review by RCOG.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 19 September, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The test was previously expected to be introduced this autumn.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 18 September, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The mother-of-one has said smear tests carried out in 2009 and 2012 were wrongly reported as normal.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 13 September, 2018
# Cervicalcheck Scandal
# Cervicalcheck Scandal
The report highlighted how the family of one woman was told “nuns don’t get cervical cancer”.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 12 September, 2018
# Smear Tests
# Smear Tests
He also said how the families of the women affected were eventually told about the audit was “damaging, hurtful and offensive”.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 11 September, 2018
# Cancer
# Cancer
“Information continues to be withheld from women and I will continue to fight back.”
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 2 August, 2018
# Smear Test Scandal
# Smear Test Scandal
Stephen Teap, whose wife was affected by the scandal and has since died, says Varadkar needs to get ahead of the situation.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 1 August, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The Limerick woman met the Taoiseach today.
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Julie Dingivan was just 36 when she died last year.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
# Smear Test Controversy
# Smear Test Controversy
Leo Varadkar says he is open to the idea of the inquiry into the scandal being held in public.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 30 July, 2018
# Leo Varadkar
# Leo Varadkar
Varadkar promised in May that pending cases over the ongoing scandal would be be dealt with through mediation.
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