Update 7.41pm: Most of the women affected by the Cervical Check audit have now been contacted. A number of the 209 cancer patients who were wrongly given the all-clear had their smear samples analysed by US companies. UK health expert Dr Gabriel Scally has been commissioned by the Irish Government to lead an inquiry into the misinterpretation of the cancer tests. Earlier this month it emerged that an audit by CervicalCheck of 1,482 women diagnosed with cervical cancer since 2008 had found potential errors in earlier smear tests in 209 of the cases, with results showing no abnormalities when they should have flagged a cancer warning. But the mother-of-five also called for accountability for the failures within the cervical cancer screening system and vowed to continue to highlight the issue until questions are answered.

Source: Evening echo May 12, 2018 14:48 UTC