In the chronicles of CervicalCheck, April 25, 2018 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. In the end, the report produced on foot of the review that Dr Holohan had resisted turned out to be a watershed moment in Irish healthcare. The report, by Dr Gabriel Scally, gave Vicky Phelan a special mention. Because of her “extraordinary determination”, women had learned what CervicalCheck had hidden from them. The report came with 50 recommendations, and the prospect of a fit-for-purpose screening programme is now very much on the cards.

Source: Irish Examiner March 12, 2019 06:00 UTC