Risk to women at centre of CervicalCheck issue 'low' Chief Clinical Officer of the Health Service Executive Dr Colm Henry has said that the clinical risk to women at the centre of the IT ... CervicalCheck • 17 Jul 19
CervicalCheck IT glitch: Who is responsible? RTÉ Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers looks at the IT glitch that caused the latest CervicalCheck crisis Analysis and Comment • 17 Jul 19
Ministers defend Harris following CervicalCheck issue Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said he has full confidence in the work that the Minister for Health Minister Simon Harris is doing to ... Ireland • 16 Jul 19
Concern HSE keeping truth from patient representatives Stephen Teap, one of the patient representatives on the HSE's CervicalCheck steering committee, has said he is worried he is not being told the truth ... Ireland • 14 Jul 19
Dept became aware of CervicalCheck IT issue last month The Department of Health became aware of the latest IT issue with CervicalCheck results on 25 June, RTÉ News has confirmed. Health • 13 Jul 19
HSE orders 'rapid review' into CervicalCheck IT glitch The HSE has announced an immediate review of a computer glitch that meant that hundreds of women who underwent CervicalCheck screening were not issued with ... Health • 12 Jul 19
800 CervicalCheck results not issued after lab IT issue Around 800 women who underwent CervicalCheck screening were not issued with their results due to what the HSE said was an IT issue. Health • 11 Jul 19
CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill passes through Dáil The CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019 has passed all stages in the Dail. Politics • 10 Jul 19
CervicalCheck has produced real results, says Scally Dr Gabriel Scally, who lead the Cervicalcheck inquiry, has said the screening programme is good and has produced real results. Health • 04 Jul 19
Harris 'will try' to deal with tribunal access issue The Minister for Health has said he will try to deal with the issue of women who may not be able to get access to ... Politics • 03 Jul 19
€20k for women affected by CervicalCheck non-disclosure Women affected by the non-disclosure of the CervicalCheck audit will receive an ex-gratia payment of €20,000, the Cabinet has agreed. Politics • 18 Jun 19
Govt to discuss bill enabling CervicalCheck tribunal Minister for Health Simon Harris will today bring to Government the Heads of the Bill to establish an alternative process for women affected by the ... Health • 18 Jun 19
State Claims Agency lodges Morrissey appeal The State Claims Agency has confirmed that it has lodged its appeal to a High Court judgement involving Ruth Morrissey, a terminally ill Limerick woman ... Ireland • 17 Jun 19
State Claims Agency to appeal Ruth Morrissey judgment The State Claims Agency has confirmed to RTÉ News that it is to appeal a High Court judgment involving Ruth Morrissey, a terminally ill Limerick ... Health • 17 Jun 19
CervicalCheck outsourcing 'serious and unacceptable' The Taoiseach has said that the revelation that some of the labs in the CervicalCheck controversy outsourced tests to other labs was "serious and unacceptable". Ireland • 12 Jun 19
CervicalCheck report reveals wider outsourcing of tests The second report of the Scally Inquiry into the CervicalCheck controversy has found wider outsourcing of screening tests, with 16 laboratories being used rather than ... Health • 11 Jun 19
Screening service raised concerns over repeat tests Wider concerns by the HSE's National Screening Service about the Government plan to offer free repeat testing to women over the CervicalCheck crisis are revealed ... Health • 09 May 19
Morrissey case could have 'major impact' on screening A cancer specialist has said a High Court judgment in the case of a terminally ill Limerick woman could have a "major impact" on how ... Health • 05 May 19
Labs are 'looking at somebody's life' - Ruth Morrissey Ruth Morrissey, who won her High Court action over the misreading of smear tests and the failure to tell her about it, has said the ... Ireland • 05 May 19
Cervical screening delays 'unacceptable' - Phelan Campaigner Vicky Phelan has said delays in the cervical screening process are "unacceptable". Ireland • 25 Apr 19
Harris says he stands over smear retest decision Minister for Health Simon Harris has said he stands over his decision to offer a repeat smear test to women at the height of the ... Politics • 12 Apr 19
Simon Harris stands over position on smear test advice The Minister for Health has stood over his position that he was not advised against the decision to offer a free smear test to every ... Health • 03 Apr 19
Most new smear tests expected to be sent to US lab Most new CervicalCheck smear tests are expected to go to US laboratory Quest Diagnostics, to allow the other main laboratory in Ireland to clear its ... Health • 02 Apr 19
More than 2,300 women await repeat smear test results A US laboratory used by CervicalCheck has rechecked just 7% of re-submitted smear tests. Health • 27 Mar 19
'Flawed' open disclosure policy still in place - Scally A new report from Dr Gabriel Scally has found that the policy on open disclosure, which he said has been judged to be deeply flawed, ... Health • 22 Mar 19
