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The report gathered testimony from women and families affected by the scandal, and conducted an investigation and audit of the CervicalCheck programme. It also contained 50 recommendations covering access to medical records, governance of CervicalCheck, procurement of laboratory services and revision of the HSE's open disclosure policy.
Phelan campaigned for these women for accountability and the truth and was recognised across political and social lines as having stood up against the system and made Ireland a better place for women. She lent her voice to many issues which affected women in Ireland. [12] Phelan was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2018. [13]
CervicalCheck is the national cervical screening programme. [14] It was launched in September 2008 as the public name of the National Cancer Screening Service. [15] In May 2008, then chief executive officer Tony O'Brien dismissed claims that misdiagnoses would result from the use of US-based lab Quest Diagnostics.
People, pay, politics and a sprinkling of positivity best sum up Northern Ireland's 2024 health and social care story. Powerful stories were plentiful - who can forget the personal testimonies ...
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Holohan's 14 years leading Ireland's public health strategy encompassed the 2009 swine flu pandemic, the CervicalCheck cancer scandal and the COVID-19 pandemic. He became a prominent figure during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland , when he chaired the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) , while simultaneously supporting his children ...
Pictured is the skull of a baby crocodile that was allegedly found in the possession of a Canadian man boarding a flight from New Delhi, India back to Canada on Jan. 6, 2025.
In 2018, he assisted in an inquiry into the deaths of children from hyponatremia in Northern Ireland and led an independent inquiry into the CervicalCheck cancer scandal and the failures of cervical screening in the Republic of Ireland. In 2020, he co-authored an editorial in the British Medical Journal questioning the UK's response to COVID-19.