Woman with cervical cancer claims she is facing imminent death over alleged failure by the HSE, court hears

A woman with cervical cancer claims she is facing imminent death because of an alleged failure by the HSE to deal with her application for approval for further treatment with a drug she says is keeping her alive, the High Court heard today.

The woman, who cannot be named, was today granted leave by the court to judicially review the HSE's alleged failure to answer her application to be approved for the drug pembrolizumab because all other treatments, including chemotherapy, have been unsuccessful.