CervicalCheck
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Judge sets ‘absolute confidence’ as screening threshold
- Health
- May 3, 2019, 19:27
The case brought by Ruth Morrissey and her husband, Paul, in the High Court is the first CervicalCheck case in which a court has heard the evidence an(...)

Husband says lives were turned upside down by his wife’s cancer diagnosis
- High Court
- April 2, 2019, 17:51
A man who with his now terminally ill wife is suing over alleged misinterpretation of her CervicalCheck smear test nine years ago has told the High Co(...)

Woman would probably not have cancer if referred for colposcopy, court told
- High Court
- February 27, 2019, 20:56
Ruth Morrissey, who is terminally ill with cervical cancer would, on the balance of probabilities, not have got cancer “and be facing a death sentence(...)

Not enough judges to hear CervicalCheck cancer cases, court told
- High Court
- February 12, 2019, 12:59
There are not enough judges to hear the cases of women suing over alleged misreading of their CervicalCheck smear slides, a High Court judge warned on(...)

Up to 6,000 women require repeat smear test due to backlog
- Politics
- January 24, 2019, 09:02
Up to 6,000 women will need to undergo a repeat smear test due to delays processing their original smears following the CervicalCheck scandal, the Hea(...)

Cervical check campaigner Orla Church was ‘witty, intelligent, forceful’
- Health
- January 22, 2019, 14:48
Orla Church, one of the 221 women caught up in the CervicalCheck controversy, was remembered at her funeral on Tuesday as a feisty daughter, sister an(...)

Smear testing needs to be carried out with full accountability, rally hears
- Irish News
- October 14, 2018, 09:20
The Government must ensure that all cervical smear testing is carried out in Ireland with full accountability, a rally to highlight the issue and reme(...)

‘Degree of misogyny’ in some areas of health sector, says Taoiseach
- Politics
- September 14, 2018
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the CervicalCheck controversy has made him “embarrassed” for his own medical profession. However, he added that he do(...)

CervicalCheck: Varadkar says he is ‘embarrassed’ for health profession
- Politics
- September 13, 2018, 15:00
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the CervicalCheck controversy has made him “embarrassed” for his own medical profession. However, he added that he d(...)

Eventual disclosure of cervical audit ‘caused hurt and anger’
- Health
- September 12, 2018, 20:50
The disclosure of the findings of clinical audits into the cases of women who developed cervical cancer was handled badly – sometimes very badly – and(...)