More than 200 women affected by cervical test failures

Tánaiste apologises for ‘shameful’ events in Phelan case.
More than 200 women affected by cervical test failures

Up to 200 women who later developed cervical cancer had the same missed smear test as Vicky Phelan, it was admitted last night.

In the wake of the Phelan case, Health Minister Simon Harris yesterday ordered Cervical Check to write to the doctors of the women to ensure they communicated the error, where cancer indicators were missed.

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