Government will ‘keep an open mind’ on extra powers for Covid-19 committee, says Harris
Taoiseach says he will ‘move swiftly’ to provide clarity on general election once Finance Bill is passed
Cervical check scandal
Big problems cannot be magicked away by the Taoiseach’s emphatic statements
Simon Harris has moved ahead of his problems without necessarily confronting them. Now he’s in a race against time
Stephen Teap becomes CEO of cancer support organisation
The father of two became patient advocate after his wife Irene died of cancer arising out of deficiencies in CervicalCheck programme
Dublin hospital board apologises for ‘unacceptable failure’ in reporting woman’s cervical sample
Nurse Oonagh McEvoy (36) died from metastatic cervical cancer in 2011, four years after a negative smear result
Agreement signed to move on from ‘painful past’ around CervicalCheck
Memo acknowledges improvements made to cervical cancer screening since 2018 controversy
‘It’s too small; it’s too limited’ - how the North lags the South in women’s healthcare
Women’s health seen as a priority in Republic, in stark contrast to Northern Ireland, where women are still seeking information about review of smear test results
Coombe lab resumes CervicalCheck work after six-month interruption
National Screening Service says accreditation issues of cervical cancer screening lab have been resolved
About 17,000 women in Northern Ireland to have smear tests rechecked
Tests will be rechecked and some tests taken again as part of a review dating back to 2008 as a ‘precautionary measure’
Tony Holohan: ‘My wife was slowly dying and would be cut off from her friends and family in the last few months of her life’
The public servant who managed Ireland’s Covid crisis now occupies himself with a few part-time or honorary roles
Lab involved in CervicalCheck scandal paid €10m in settlements and legal costs last year
Medlab Pathology directors state that the company no longer trades and its main business is to manage the liabilities arising from litigation
Solicitor firm that represented Vicky Phelan earned €6.68m from State in medical negligence claims in 18 months
Cian O’Carroll, Ms Phelan’s lawyer, says patients would prefer quality medical care to damages
CervicalCheck: Legal claims threaten programme, WHO warns
Cervical cancer screening programme facing €300m in claims, against an annual budget of €34m, says WHO
Lab involved in CervicalCheck scandal estimates liabilities from legal claims at €49m
Medlab Pathology sued in High Court by a number of women over alleged failings between 2011 and 2019
Lawyers for woman dying of cervical cancer urge HSE to settle personal injuries case
Woman (59) is gravely ill and only has ‘a matter of days’ before she dies, court hears
Cancer screening services at risk amid rise in legal claims, HSE warns
Warning to new HSE chief of threat to future of cancer screening services
Fears over future of cancer screening as legal actions continue to rise
Difficulty recruiting staff to work in an environment where they will be processing a high volume of tests while running the risk of being sued
Processing of Irish CervicalCheck samples halted after lab’s accreditation is suspended
CervicalCheck: Coombe lab forced to outsource cervical cancer screening work to the US due to non-compliance issue
Covid-19 inquiry should not be used to find ‘scapegoats’, Gabriel Scally says
Ex-Nphet member Cormican ‘didn’t set out to open a can of worms’ with recent criticisms of pandemic response
Legislation introducing mandatory open disclosure is Vicky Phelan’s ‘legacy’
Campaigners describe Wednesday as ‘a very proud day but also a very sad day’
‘This bill is Vicky’s legacy’ - Patient safety legislation passed in the Dáil after CervicalCheck controversy
The legislation makes it mandatory for patients to be informed of their right to patient-requested reviews following representations from the 221+ support group
Woman who claims her cervical cancer slide was misread sues over exclusion from State care package
Woman settled a separate personal injuries case for €450,000 over alleged misreading of her sample
Dr Cillian de Gascun: ‘Notwithstanding what happened in 2018, this is a positive news story’
Paul Cullen talks to the head of the NCSL, Ireland’s new dedicated cervical screening lab, built so that Irish women’s samples no longer need to be sent abroad.
HSE and laboratory apologise to woman whose smear tests were misreported
The woman’s lawyers said 'two missed opportunities have had devastating consequences'
Stephen and Irene Teap were ‘not told the truth’, Gabriel Scally says
Doctor who led inquiry into CervicalCheck scandal says current testing systems are as ‘good as can be’
CervicalCheck case: ‘Her blood is on the Government’s hands’ - Teap family settle as labs admit breach of duty
High Court judge says facts of the case taken by relatives of late Irene against labs and HSE ‘dark and disturbing’
Stephen Teap: ‘These labs denied Oscar and Noah a life with their mother’
Irene Teap died aged 35 in July 2017 from cervical cancer after abnormalities in her smear tests were not reported
Patient Safety Bill to be amended to make it mandatory for clinicians to inform patients of right to review
Minister says ‘we don’t normally legislate at that level’ but ‘there’s a particular unique context to this in Ireland’
Sinn Féin expresses ‘concern, disappointment and alarm’ at Government legislation for Cervical Check legacy
Party is understood to be planning an intervention in the Dáil on Tuesday
‘She made every minute matter’: Vicky Phelan memorial remembers person behind ‘nation’s treasure’
Campaigner was a fearless warrior who got the most out of every minute, community gathered at memorial service in Mooncoin hears
Vicky Phelan: ‘A nation got to love a girl as much as our family loved her’
Village of Mooncoin shares pride and grief at public memorial for CervicalCheck campaigner
Vicky Phelan: hundreds expected in Kilkenny village for public tribute to campaigner
Memorial service for the late cervical cancer awareness campaigner will be held in Mooncoin on Sunday
CervicalCheck: Gabriel Scally says ‘serious work’ needed to create open disclosure policy
Investigator reports substantial progress on implementation of recommendations
CervicalCheck investigator condemns doctors shunning women in cancer support group
Dr Gabriel Scally said treatment of 221+ group ‘completely unacceptable’ as one affected women complained about being ‘treated like a leper’
CervicalCheck: Hostility towards campaign group ‘completely unacceptable’, says Scally
Report author said he was told some clinicians asked women whether they were members of 221+ before considering treating them
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