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The CervicalCheck cancer scandal first emerged in 2018 and involved several women in the Republic of Ireland suing the Health Service Executive (HSE) after they received incorrect smear test results for cervical cancer. [1] [2] [3]
In 2011, Phelan underwent testing for cervical cancer as part of the CervicalCheck programme and was given the all clear. However, the smear reading was inaccurate and Phelan was diagnosed with cancer in 2014. [6] Phelan began a campaign to find out what had happened. The result of the investigation led to a State apology in 2018.
Two senior medics involved in Northern Ireland's cervical screening programme, have resigned over their concerns about the service, the BBC has learned. In their resignation letter, seen by BBC ...
Public campaign after her cancer test results were lost Adrienne M. Cullen (9 November 1960 – 31 December 2018) was an Irish journalist, editor and healthcare campaigner who died in the Netherlands aged 58, [ 1 ] after a university hospital, UMC Utrecht , admitted losing test results in 2011 showing she had cervical cancer. [ 2 ]
The review. The review of cervical screening in the trust looked at two different groups of women. The first looked at the cases of 207 women who had previously been diagnosed with cervical cancer.
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. [15]
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 ...
Pages in category "Medical scandals in the Republic of Ireland" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... CervicalCheck cancer scandal; D.