# 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.
# Smear Test Scandal
# Smear Test Scandal
In May, Varadkar said court cases relating to the health scandal would be be dealt with through mediation.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 27 July, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Ruth and Paul Morrissey have taken High Court action over her incorrectly read smear tests.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 26 July, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Ruth Morrissey has taken a case against the HSE along with her husband, Paul, claiming smear tests were incorrectly reported.
# High Court
# High Court
A Dublin home would mean the mother wouldn’t have to travel to and from Kerry for her cancer treatment.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 6 July, 2018
# Scoping Inquiry
# Scoping Inquiry
Dr Scally said that it had been difficult to obtain information in the format required.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 5 July, 2018
# Cervicalcheck Scandal
# Cervicalcheck Scandal
Emma last week settled a €7.5 million settlement with the HSE over her incorrect smear test results.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 29 June, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The terminally ill mother-of-five settled her case against the HSE and Quest Diagnostics.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 26 June, 2018
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Phelan said she plans to fund a person to provide cancer patients with access to the latest cancer drug therapies.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 12 June, 2018
# Cash Up Front
# Cash Up Front
Today’s interim report has recommended that women should not encounter any financial obstacles while participating in investigations.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 31 May, 2018
# Smear Tests
# Smear Tests
The women in question are afraid, angry and confused, Stephen Donnelly said.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 30 May, 2018
# Standing4women
# Standing4women
Emma Mhic Mhathúna, one of the women diagnosed with terminal cancer, addressed the Dublin protest.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 18 May, 2018
# Update
# Update
It was announced earlier this week that 18 women who had been given a misdiagnosis have since died.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 17 May, 2018
# Eighth Amendment
# Eighth Amendment
She said women need to be “placed at the centre of their own care”.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 16 May, 2018
# TERMINAL CANCER
# TERMINAL CANCER
Vicky said CervicalCheck and her gynaecologist spent 15 months arguing over whose responsibility it was to tell her about a HSE audit.
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