Cervical test results delayed for thousands of women due to HSE cyberattack

While CervicalCheck has a 'workaround' to rapidly process smear tests of high-risk patients, its clinical director warns that many women may experience delays in getting results due to the ransomware attack.

Thousands of women face an extended wait for what could be life-saving results from CervicalCheck smears, due to the HSE cyberattack.

The attack was described by Nóirín Russell, the director in charge of CervicalCheck, as having a worse effect on services than that caused by Covid-19.