CervicalCheck report author, Dr Scally, echoes Stephen Teap's call for doctors' duty of candour

Stephen Teap, and his sons Oscar (9) and Noah (7) settled their legal claims for personal injuries, severe psychiatric upset, loss and damage. Picture: Collins Courts

Dr Gabriel Scally has welcomed the successful High Court case taken by Stephen Teap whose wife Irene died from cervical cancer following two misread smear tests.

The HSE and two US laboratories on Thursday admitted liability in the case of mother-of-two Irene Teap who died after being diagnosed with cervical cancer.