‘Childbirth can’t be postponed’ – how Holles Street is coping
New life goes on at NMH but with new Covid-19 rules and safety procedures
CervicalCheck director leaves after less than a year
Dr Lorraine Doherty moving to become HSE’s clinical director for health protection
Department was warned about risks of smear test decision
Simon Harris’s decision to offer free tests out of cycle is a factor in backlog of 80,000
CervicalCheck: Only half of women who consulted GPs went for repeat smear test
Laboratories reluctant to test repeat smears because of Ireland’s ‘litigious environment’
Harris defends repeat smear tests and calls criticism ‘crass’
Minister defends decision as 80,000 women forced to wait up to 33 weeks for results
Harris must publish email and advice about smear tests, says FF
Department refusing to reveal messages around announcement of out-of-cycle tests
Minister for Health under pressure to correct Dáil record
Harris claims he was not informed of concerns over free tests by CervicalCheck director
Taoiseach, Minister for Health ‘in denial’ over repeat smear test warning - Martin
Fianna Fáil leader says it is clear head of the cancer screening service had given warning
Simon Harris accused of misleading Dáil over cervical cancer claim
Two-thirds of 80,000 backlog of tests due to decision to offer free out-of-cycle smears
HSE officials warned not to offer free repeat smear tests
Former head of CervicalCheck said offer would ‘undermine’ screening programme
Most women in cervical screening controversy disease free
Of the 221 women affected, some 178 have no evidence of disease, HSE report finds
HSE’s CervicalCheck review flawed, says Scally
Number of women affected by scandal over misread smear tests likely to increase
CervicalCheck report submitted to Minister for Health
Dr Gabriel Scally’s scoping inquiry has been forwarded to the Attorney General
Proposed patient safety fines for healthcare providers ‘a joke’, says Vicky Phelan
Victim of CervicalCheck scandal says State contributed €25,000 to her €2.5m settlement
Nine new cases against cervical cancer screening service
Claims agency says number of legal actions is now 28, with two more potential challenges
CervicalCheck doctors’ letters ‘to be changed if women died’
Cancer-screening service intended to tell medics, but not patients, of audit results
CervicalCheck took two years to draft leaflet informing women of false tests
Newly released records show doctors were unhappy onus was on them to tell women
CervicalCheck took two years to draft leaflet following false tests, documents show
Six out of 11 women in Limerick not told of audit until after Vicky Phelan case settled
Acting HSE head ‘listening intently’ to Vicky Phelan
Terminally-ill Limerick woman seeking accountability over CervicalCheck scandal
Tensions in CervicalCheck over telling women of test errors revealed
Doctors were being ‘put at a disadvantage’ in deciding who should or should not be told
CervicalCheck director expressed ‘regret for any misunderstanding’ on false tests
Email shows clinical director regretted any ‘perceived lack of clarity’ in cancer review
Memo told HSE media message was being formulated
Cancer screening service focus in March 2016 was ‘reactive communications response’
‘Pause all letters’: CervicalCheck briefing memo to HSE
‘Prepare reactive communications response for headline that ‘screening did not diagnose my cancer’
Ireland’s cervical cancer shame shows women are still second-class citizens
Opinion: Damage to confidence in screening service by the Vicky Phelan case is massive
HSE communications chief learned of smear-test audit from RTÉ
Paul Connors says that CervicalCheck’s reputation will be difficult to rebuild
HSE chief defends decision to outsource analysis of smear tests
Tony O’Brien says he had no knowledge of Vicky Phelan case until he read about it in media
Screening scandal has makings of major political crisis
If Varadkar’s record as minister comes under scrutiny story could take violent turn
Cervical cancer: a first step in restoring trust
Continued failure to honour the commitment to duty of candour means the time has come for legislation to be enacted
Harris considers statutory inquiry into CervicalCheck
Several women were not told of the delay in their cancer diagnosis
Over 2,000 contact CervicalCheck helpline
HSE: examination will be completed on Monday and women will be notified
CervicalCheck chief did not want some women told of false results
Dr Gráinne Flannelly told Limerick gynaecologist to file audited test results instead
Harris appoints team to assess delay in diagnosis for 206 women
Group to examine how CervicalCheck dealt with their cases and report back to HSE
A doctor writes: Can women trust CervicalCheck?
Can women have confidence in the national cervical screening programme?
One in four women over 45 not up to date with cervical screening
CervicalCheck head says cancer rates are higher in areas of deprivation
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