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Mandatory disclosure Bill ‘does not pass Vicky Phelan test’, Dail told

The Government’s draft law being passed through the Oireachtas in memory of the late campaigner Vicky Phelan “does not pass the Vicky test”, the Dail has heard. Several opposition TDs said they had “no issue” with the Bill before the Dail or ...

07 Dec 2022 at 21:31

National News

'How many women have been put at risk?': New figures reveal significant fall in CervicalCheck screenings

According to new figures CervicalCheck screenings fell by more than 60,000 last year after the service was disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Reported in Independent.ie, the figures were revealed in a parliamentary reply to Peadar Tóibín, ...

01 Nov 2021 at 17:33

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Longford patients warned of delay to seeing doctors after Cervical Check scandal

THE National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP) is advising patients they may experience some delay in getting an appointment to see their family doctor. It comes due to the extra demand placed on general practice as a result of ...

05 May 2018 at 12:45

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Longford councillors heap pressure on Harris to increase payments to women affected by Cervical Check scandal

It comes after local politicians unanimously voted in favour of passing a motion calling on the Wicklow TD to provide additional financial support to those affected and their families. The appeal was made by Fine Gael Cllr Peggy Nolan ...

14 Jun 2018 at 11:49

National News

LATEST: Report on implementation of CervicalCheck inquiry findings to be published today

A new report on the implementation of recommendations from the 2018 CervicalCheck inquiry will be published today. The announcement follows just over one week since the passing of CervicalCheck campaigner Vicky Phelan at the age of ...

23 Nov 2022 at 12:28

National News

Taoiseach apologises to Stephen Teap in wake of CervicalCheck settlement

Irish premier Micheal Martin has apologised to cervical cancer campaigner Stephen Teap. It comes after campaigner Mr Teap settled his High Court action with two laboratories that examined his wife Irene’s cervical smear tests. Mrs ...

09 Dec 2022 at 00:38

Features

Longford Leader columnist Mattie Fox: We have not learned any lessons from our history of concealment

Michael Noonan was implicated in that decision. He was man enough to express his regret for not interfering after it was over, but Mrs McCole was then deceased. The Health Service spent many hundreds of thousands barracking Mrs ...

13 May 2018 at 09:00

National News

Digital image of cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan projected on Dublin GPO

Digital artwork of campaigner Vicky Phelan has been projected on to the front of one of Dublin’s most famous buildings ahead of the launch of a feature documentary about her life. The image of the Limerick mother-of-two ...

29 Sept 2022 at 21:56

National News

Patient Safety Bill to be amended after concerns raised by TDs

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is to draft an amendment to the Patient Safety Bill to make it mandatory for people to be told that they have a right to a review of their cancer screening results. The amendment ...

07 Dec 2022 at 22:40

National News

UPDATE: Final review of revisions to CervicalCheck screening programme nearly completed

The Department of Health has said that a final review of revisions to the controversial CervicalCheck screening programme is nearly complete. It is understood that all recommended actions are now 96 per cent ...

19 Jan 2022 at 13:56

National News

Harris: CervicalCheck chief’s comments ‘inappropriate, unfortunate, insensitive’

Former health minister Simon Harris has described comments by the head of CervicalCheck claiming that some women “know in their heart and soul that they haven’t been wronged” as “inappropriate, unfortunate, ...

05 Sept 2022 at 13:39

National News

Women associated with CervicalCheck group refused treatment by clinicians

A number of women associated with a group advocating for those affected by the CervicalCheck controversy have been refused treatment by clinicians, it has emerged. One woman described being “treated like a ...

23 Nov 2022 at 16:57

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