Vicky Phelan

More patients will gain faster access to new treatments as part of plan across six hospitals

Active claims currently number 12,000, including 305 cases relating to CervicalCheck

State Claims Agency director to provide detail on compensation and legal costs paid out

Spending watchdog’s report shows €6.3bn paid to individuals and €6.1bn to businesses

‘We need somebody in there who knows what it feels like to have periods and babies’

Kelly also notes ‘failure ’ to address concerns of women over the CervicalCheck Tribunal

‘Small number’ of claims received, with others to be transferred from the High Court

‘Constant worry of catching Covid was weighing heavily on me,’ Phelan says

Soundtrack of my Life: The health advocate on music, lockdown and cancer treatment

Scally says money paid to company he set up gone to medical experts, investigatory trips

Restoring public trust in screening service vital to success of cancer treatment in future

Vicky will find out at the end of March if the cancer treatment in the US is working

Outreach project will aim to inform public of tribunal’s existence, chairwoman says

Non-disclosure of clinical audits caused ‘significant harm’, says CMO

Painting of cervical cancer awareness campaigner far exceeds estimate value in Co Laois sale

Poet Patrick Kavanagh's death mask and portrait of campaigner Vicky Phelan are among auction highlights