Donnelly urged to ensure country's only cervical screening lab resumes testing

The National Cervical Screening Laboratory  is being developed by the HSE and the Coombe and 'is expected to be operating by year-end'

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has been urged to ensure Ireland’s only cervical screening lab urgently resumes testing in the wake of Lynsey Bennett’s death.

The HSE has confirmed the lab at the Coombe hospital that processes CervicalCheck tests is not back in operation and has blamed staff shortages and the cyberattack last December for the delay.