# cervicalcheck - Monday 18 January, 2021
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
TheJournal.ie spoke to Noirin Russell about some of the common questions about the change to the cancer screening programme.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 7 January, 2021
# Level 5 Restrictions
# Level 5 Restrictions
Due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, a number of GP clinics won’t be able to offer smear tests as part of CervicalCheck .
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Noirin Russell
# Noirin Russell
Noirin Russell acknowledged that trust in the system had been eroded.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 25 November, 2020
# RIP
# RIP
Patricia Carrick passed away peacefully overnight, her husband said.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 18 November, 2020
# 221 Plus Group
# 221 Plus Group
The 221+ group wrote to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly today.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 28 October, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The Department confirmed that an order establishing a tribunal had been signed and said “this could not be reversed”.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 22 October, 2020
# 221+ Group
# 221+ Group
Phelan said when it emerged the Tribunal would be set up within the next seven days, “it felt like a slap in the face”.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 21 October, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The reports, authored by Prof Susan O’Reilly and Prof Risteárd Ó Laoide, were published today.
# cervicalcheck - Saturday 10 October, 2020
# HSE
# HSE
Out of 110,000 invitations, only 12,000 have come forward, according to CervicalCheck director.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 3 September, 2020
# 221+ Group
# 221+ Group
Campaigners and advocates met with Stephen Donnelly yesterday.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 31 July, 2020
# Stephen Donnelly
# Stephen Donnelly
The tribunal was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 26 July, 2020
# Assurances
# Assurances
Leo Varadkar said the Government will put forward patient safety legislation in the Dail.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 23 July, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The judge said the “tragic circumstances had most sadly, come to fruition”.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 22 July, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The 39-year-old CervicalCheck campaigner and mother died on Sunday.
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Paul Reid said he has written to Paul Morrissey, Ruth’s husband, to offer an apology on behalf of the HSE.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 20 July, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
CervicalCheck campaigner Lorraine Walsh said Morrissey’s death marked “a very sad day” for the women of Ireland.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 19 July, 2020
# RIP
# RIP
“Neither the HSE nor the State has ever apologised to her, and now it is too late,” a family statement said.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 24 June, 2020
# Cervical Cancer
# Cervical Cancer
Priority groups will receive letters from 6 July.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 11 June, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
All screening services were cancelled in March when the Covid-19 pandemic began.
# cervicalcheck - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The Supreme Court case had grappled with the complicated issue of whether “absolute confidence” was needed in a screening programme.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Professor Kitchener said the findings of the RCog report “were striking” with “significant implications”, but “not unexpected”.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Walsh stepped away from her role at the CervicalCheck patient steering committee in October.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 8 December, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
If you’re getting a smear test, what can you expect, and what do the results mean?
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
# 221+
# 221+
Walsh, who developed cervical cancer, was one of the 221 women whose smear tests were read incorrectly.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 3 December, 2019
# RCog Review
# RCog Review
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists review found the CervicalCheck programme was working effectively overall.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 10 November, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The comments come following a Supreme Court hearing into Ruth Morrissey’s High Court ruling earlier this year.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 23 October, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Speaking to RTÉ Radio One today, Phelan said she was “annoyed” that the apology was delayed.
# Your Say
# Your Say
The Taoiseach yesterday formally apologised to the women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal.
# cervicalcheck - Tuesday 22 October, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Varadkar apologised to the women, their partners and their children for the pain they suffered.
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Today Dr Gabriel Scally said some women had been “treated appallingly”.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 4 October, 2019
# Flowers For Emma
# Flowers For Emma
Emma was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
# Texas
# Texas
The woman claims that Clinical Pathology Laboratories or its agents were guilty of negligence or breach of duty.
# cervicalcheck - Monday 12 August, 2019
# HPV
# HPV
Some 99% of cervical cancers are caused by HPV.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 7 August, 2019
# Accountability
# Accountability
Patient representatives, however, say a full apology is only possible with a full understanding of who’s accountable.
# Sharon's Story
# Sharon's Story
The case of Sharon – who waited months to receive her results – was outlined in a rapid review of CervicalCheck yesterday.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 26 July, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The government has said the appeal does not relate to the €2.1 million in damages and that the Morrisseys will retain that irrespective of the outcome.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
# Screening
# Screening
The HSE said expired samples, as well as expired or damaged vials, are “an inevitable feature” of cervical screening programmes.
# cervicalcheck - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
As the backlog of smear tests continues to cause delays, the HSE is struggling to restore public confidence in the screening programme.
# cervicalcheck - Sunday 14 July, 2019
# Colposcopy
# Colposcopy
One women whose GP noticed a visual abnormality in her cervix was told she could be waiting more than six months.
# cervicalcheck - Friday 12 July, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
The HSE has made contact with the women to give them their results directly.
