College Of Obstetricians
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Sick cert ‘sufficient’ for pregnant teacher to take leave – Varadkar
- Politics
- November 19, 2020, 19:31
The Tánaiste has said he believes a sick cert should be sufficient grounds for a pregnant woman to stay at home despite HSE advice to the contrary. L(...)

Almost 400 entitled to cervical cancer case review, report author says
- Health
- November 9, 2020, 02:50
Almost 400 women who have contracted cervical cancer will be entitled to a review by the CervicalCheck programme of their cases, according to the auth(...)

CervicalCheck urged to start patient-requested reviews for invasive cancer diagnoses
- Health
- October 21, 2020, 18:44
CervicalCheck should begin patient-requested reviews for all invasive cancer diagnoses, including those not detected during routine screening, an expe(...)

Mislabelling of Phelan and Walsh’s smear test slides a ‘remarkable coincidence’
- Health
- December 18, 2019, 17:19
The authors of an independent review of tests made under the CervicalCheck screening programme have defended their work following criticism from patie(...)

CervicalCheck committee patient advocate says she was bullied
- Health
- December 17, 2019, 21:03
Patient advocate Lorraine Walsh has said she was “dismissed, ignored, bullied and threatened” by the Department of Health while working as a patient a(...)

The Irish Times view on CervicalCheck: a verdict on the screening system
- Editorial
- December 4, 2019, 20:00
Another of the inquiries triggered by the CervicalCheck controversy – the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ (RCOG) review of Cervical(...)

Cervical cancer patient advocate Lorraine Walsh resigns over review ‘inaccuracies’
- Health
- December 3, 2019, 23:28
Patient advocate Lorraine Walsh, one of the women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy, has resigned from the steering committee of the screening(...)

CervicalCheck review nears completion but controversy set to continue
- Health
- November 19, 2019, 02:12
A review of smear tests carried out under CervicalCheck is due, but haven’t we already had a review? Yes, but. CervicalCheck has in the past looked b(...)

Northern Irish GPs face ‘legal uncertainty’ as abortion decriminalised
- Irish News
- October 22, 2019, 20:21
Doctors in Northern Ireland must be given clarification about the rules now governing abortion laws following the decriminalisation of abortion this w(...)

Solicitor for terminally ill woman Ruth Morrissey critical of Harris
- Politics
- June 16, 2019, 15:17
A statement issued by the solicitor of Ruth Morrissey, a terminally ill woman with cervical cancer, has accused the Minister for Health and his depart(...)