CervicalCheck patients to be granted review

The late CervicalCheck campaigner Ruth Morrissey. Photo: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

CervicalCheck patients diagnosed with cancer after receiving a negative result from their screening will, from now on, be granted the option for a review of their case under new HSE guidelines.

The executive today published its reviews into incidences of interval cancer — that is, illness diagnosed after one negative test and before a subsequent one — amid a new programme of recommendations for the auditing of such cases.