HSE must own its mistakes or lose the trust of women in the CervicalCheck programme

Government promises in 2018 that women would not face an adversarial legal process now ring hollow for those at the centre of around 140 pending legal actions, writes Maresa Fagan

Lynsey Bennett has settled her case against the HSE and the laboratory involved in her missed cancer diagnosis. Picture: Collins Courts

The HSE must own the mistakes of the past or risk losing the confidence of women in the CervicalCheck cancer screening programme.

On Wednesday, Lynsey Bennett settled her case against the HSE and the laboratory involved in her missed cancer diagnosis.