Sinn Fein said the surge in women coming forward for cervical cancer checks was ‘entirely predictable’.
Sinn Fein said the surge in women coming forward for cervical cancer checks was ‘entirely predictable’.
The Tánaiste has dismissed suggestions that the switch to HPV testing to detect cervical cancer is "being long-fingered".
MOREThe introduction of HPV testing is set to be delayed beyond this year as the HSE struggles to clear the 78,000 smear check backlog.
MORETaoiseach Leo Varadkar has acknowledged the “enormous anxiety” among women over the mounting cervical cancer test result delays, amid criticism over the government's free offer of repeat tests.
MOREThis is the question no one wants to have to ask when faced with concerning health results.
MORELeo Varadkar said the Government had been under enormous pressure to act following the CervicalCheck controversy
MOREIt is "inevitable" that some women who are now waiting up to six months for Cervical Check results will have abnormal smears, the head of the HSE's Women and Infants Health Programme has warned.
MOREThe HSE has begun contacting up to 6,000 women, by phone and letter, about having a repeat cervical smear test because of delays in processing their original samples.
MOREThree-quarters of the women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy are now cancer free.
MOREThe husband of Ruth Morrissey who has cervical cancer today told the High Court it has been extremely tough for his family and it is like there is a dark cloud over them.
MORELimerick woman Ruth Morrissey who is seriously ill with cancer today resumed her High Court action over alleged misreading of her cervical smears.
MOREA young woman diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer, who battled to be given life-saving treatment, is to be buried on Wednesday.
MOREA leading GP group is seeking an immediate meeting with HSE officials over the deepening cervical cancer tests crisis, due to widespread concern among its members over the number of tests being sent back because they have expired.
MOREHealth Minister Simon Harris is facing backlash over the level of uncertainty regarding the CervicalCheck Programme.
MOREThe group representing victims of the Cervical Check scandal says delays in screening test results must be addressed as a matter of urgency.
MOREThe HSE has failed since October to produce a plan to tackle the Cervical Check backlog as advocates warn more women may die.
MOREThe 6,000 women invited to undergo repeat tests will wonder why it’s only happening now, writes Catherine Shanahan.
MOREThe HSE first became aware of thousands of women who will now need repeat smear checks as far back as November, the Tánaiste has told the Dáil.
MOREIt comes after it emerged that 6,000 women will have to undergo repeat smear tests.
MOREThe Health Minister Simon Harris has been strongly criticised over problems relating to delays in smear test results.
MOREFamilies affected by the cervical cancer tests scandal have warned women’s lives are still being put at risk after the Government admitted a thousand free checks given after the crisis are useless because of chronic delays in producing results
MORETaoiseach Leo Varadkar told the Dail that some checks arranged after the cervical cancer screening scandal have expired due to a backlog.
MOREWomen suffering with cervical cancer are to be offered the drug Pembro for their treatment after a high profile campaign.
MOREAt 54, Orla Church is the latest woman to die of cervical cancer, having had two clear smear test results in 2011 and 2014. She was laid to rest today.
MORE"Many of us got to meet and know Orla in the past months and she was just such a wonderfully courageous, strong and inspiring person."
MOREFree smear tests announced by the Government during the CervicalCheck crisis are set to cost €10m, the Public Accounts Committee has been told.
MORECervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan is calling on the Minister for Health Simon Harris to put more resources into the service otherwise “there will be a parade of women” going to court, she warned.
MOREThe Government needs to act immediately to set up a compensation tribunal so that women terminally ill with cervical cancer can have their claims processed before it’s too late, according to cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan.
MORECampaigner Vicky Phelan said she thought the Taoiseach is ‘all talk and no action’.
MOREVicky Phelan has strongly criticised the Taoiseach over the government’s response to the needs of cervical cancer patients since her exposing of the CervicalCheck scandal last year.
MOREA Fianna Fáil TD is demanding that women concerned they are victims of the cervical cancer tests scandal get their free follow-up smear test results immediately - saying she has been waiting four months for hers.
MOREThe State compensation scheme for women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal is expected to cost up to €15m.
MOREConcerns about delays in the results of smear tests for cervical cancer are not new.
MOREThe CervicalCheck scandal saw 221 women with cervical cancer misinformed about smear test results.
MORECancer patients should not have to fight debt collectors as well as an illness, says Vicky Phelan.
MOREThe Cabinet has approved the appointment of Justice Mary Irvine as chair of the tribunal.
MOREThe Government has appointed a High Court judge to chair an independent tribunal on the cervical cancer tests controversy amid concerns that affected women are being blocked from accessing their files.
MOREThe Government has agreed to establish an independent statutory tribunal to deal with claims arising from CervicalCheck.
MOREThe head of the National Centre of Pharmaeconomics thinks the Minister for Health Simon Harris should “stick with the system” when it comes to approving access to expensive drugs.
MOREMany women and families affected by the CervicalCheck scandal reacted with anger to the decision by Health Minister Simon Harris to cancel his meeting with them at short notice.
MOREThe Health Minister Simon Harris has published the Implementation Plan for the recommendations of the Scally Report on the CervicalCheck Screening Programme.
MOREAn Irish woman who won a successful battle against the Dutch health system after she was left with terminal cervical cancer because of hospital negligence has vowed to fight until her "last breath" to put a no gagging clause policy in place right across the EU.
MOREMs Phelan said she has been providing the €2,000 cost of the test fee for a number of women, without which they might not be considered for the drug.
MORE"I wanted to get my story out."
MOREWomen with cervical cancer must be given equal access to life-changing drug treatment immediately to extend their lives.
MORE37-year old Ruth Morrissey, who is suing over alleged misinterpretation of her cervical smears, today went to the High Court in a bid to get the HSE and two laboratories to hand over key documents relating to CervicalCheck screening.
MOREA High Court judge today warned that people who have sued over alleged delays in cancer diagnosis and alleged misdiagnosis may have passed away before their cases are heard.
MOREThe CervicalCheck scandal has played a role in increasing the uptake of the HPV vaccine, it has emerged.
MOREEither trials of the drug used by cervical cancer survivor Vicky Phelan or a joint State-company risk approach to using it may be needed to ensure all women have equal access to the treatment, says Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
MOREThe HSE and the American labs at the centre of the cervical cancer scandal have been urged to speed up plans to give affected women their files, amid claims high court cases could be lodged by next week if nothing is done.
MOREThe HSE and the US labs at the centre of the cervical cancer scandal have been urged to speed up plans to give affected women their files amid claims high court cases could be lodged by next week if nothing is done.
MORECervical cancer campaigner, Vicky Phelan, has been included in an international list of women of the year chosen in recognition of their outstanding contributions to society.
MORECervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan has been included in the BBC's list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the globe for 2018.
MOREOfficial Ireland cannot be allowed to start 2019 with a fresh slate in relation to the cervical smear scandal with the HSE still needing to make massive efforts to rebuild trust and to make concrete change in medical care, according to one of the women impacted by the controversy.
MORE"I didn’t think I’d be here, to be honest, at the start of the year.”
MOREI ask myself which is worse, the day Irene died or the day I found out Irene didn’t have to die, writes campaigner Stephen Teap, whose wife was mistakenly given the all clear in smear tests.
MOREA tribute will be paid to the late Emma Mhic Mháthúna at St. Patrick's College in Maynooth later today.
MOREState officials have admitted the cervical cancer tests compensation cost will exceed the €32million price of delivering the service but have refused to reveal an exact figure amid claims that victims will use it to increase their demands.
MOREThe number of cervical cancer victim legal cases has almost doubled since mid-summer, despite Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s promise that no woman will be needlessly hauled before the courts to prove their case.
MOREBy accusing Health Minister Simon Harris of being a ‘little boy’ during the CervicalCheck scandal, Tony O’Brien placed himself in the schoolyard, writes Gerard Howlin
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