Organisation: HSE’s Women and Infants’ Health Programme

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

HSE knew of glitch leading to smear test result delay

The HSE has known since February of an IT glitch that led to delayed smear test results for 800 women — but mistakenly believed that the laboratory processing the tests was communicating the results manually.

Sat, 13 Jul, 2019

40,000 smear test backlog ‘cleared by September’

Health Minister Simon Harris has pledged that a backlog of approximately 40,000 smear tests will be cleared by mid-September.

Sat, 13 Jul, 2019

Minister aims to have backlog of 40,000 smear tests cleared within two months

Health Minister Simon Harris has pledged that a backlog of approximately 40,000 smear tests will be cleared by mid-September.

Fri, 12 Jul, 2019