A “technical glitch” affected the opening on Saturday of a CervicalCheck helpline through which women were invited to seek information about their screening results. Minister for Health Simon Harris confirmed the glitch in a Twitter post and said that this was “the last thing anyone needed”. CervicalCheck helpline now open. It comes after figures emerged this week showing that more than 200 women may have had a delayed cervical cancer diagnosis. She this week settled her High Court action for €2.5 million against a US laboratory over the 2011 smear test.

Source: The Irish Times April 28, 2018 09:35 UTC