88 cases of women yet to get smear test files

Health Minister Simon Harris has been called to intervene as 88 women and their families affected by the CervicalCheck scandal are yet to receive their medical files despite requesting them.

Some of the women are said to be extremely ill with not long left to live.

It has emerged that since the start of the year, 204 women affected by the scandal, some of whom are extremely ill, or their families, have requested their files. Yet, according to Damien McCallion, director with the National Screening Service, only 116 have received them.