Woman claims misreporting of smear test results led to three-year delay in cancer diagnosis

Woman sues HSE, claiming her cancer was allowed to develop and spread unidentified, unmonitored and untreated until she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in the summer of 2016

The HSE has admitted a breach of duty in relation to the reporting of a 2013 smear sample taken from the woman under the national screening programme, High Court heard.

A 36-year-old woman who claims her smear test taken under the CervicalCheck screening programme was misreported and there was an alleged three-year delay in diagnosing her cervical cancer has sued in the High Court.

The woman, a young mother who cannot be named by order of the court, as a result, it is claimed, had to have two procedures to deal with the cancer and it is alleged she is entitled to very significant damages for alleged injuries to her physical and mental health.