HSE commits to opening dedicated national laboratory for CervicalCheck in 2022

The CervicalCheck scandal led to a series of legal actions by women who had since been diagnosed with cervical cancer, some of who have since passed away, including 39-year-old campaigner Ruth Morrissey, above, who died last month.

The HSE has committed to opening a dedicated national cervical screening laboratory by 2022, ending the need to outsource the processing and reading of cervical smear tests to other facilities, including US labs.

The HSE is committing €15m-€20m in capital funding for the building of a new national lab for the CervicalCheck cancer screening programme in conjunction with the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital.