Thousands of women face an extended wait for what could be life-saving results from CervicalCheck smears, due to the HSE cyberattack. Dr Russell said CervicalCheck is operating a “workaround” to get results as soon as possible for women considered high risk, but that results are being delayed for all other women. Dr Russell said the sharing of CervicalCheck results is delayed as a result of the cyberattack, and that some colposcopy clinics, attended by women whose initial test showed an abnormality, have been cancelled. “Our colposcopy clinics are all in the hospitals,” Dr Russell said. The number of women attending for screening last year, when services were interrupted by Covid-19, was more than 100,000 lower than expected.

Source: Irish Examiner June 12, 2021 05:33 UTC