When women in Ireland reach a certain age, they’ll find a very important letter in the post box – an invitation to their first smear test. The CervicalCheck program offers free screening for women ...

Leona Macken, the 38-year-old woman with incurable cervical cancer who received an apology in court on Tuesday from the HSE over “failings” that occurred in two smear tests which led to her diagnosis, ...

Dr Shirley McQuade, medical director of Dublin Well Woman Centre, spoke to Independent.ie and set out facts and advice for women concerned about smear tests. What is a smear test? A smear test is the ...

Home self-sampling screening tests for HPV are increasingly available, but here's why you shouldn't swerve NHS screening Award-winning senior researcher/writer with 25 years' experience writing about ...

I had smear-test anxiety long before I got my first invitation letter from my GP asking me to come in for my first cervical screening. And when it arrived, just after my 25th birthday, I still ...

As a mum, your days are probably a mix of nursery or school runs, while juggling work-related or other household tasks. This often means that your own health concerns often slip to the bottom of the ...

A 32-year-old woman who is seriously ill with cancer has settled her case against the HSE over the reading of her cervical smear tests. Speaking outside court afterwards, Lynsey Bennett said she could ...

The Minister for Health has stood over his position that he was not advised against the decision to offer a free smear test to every woman in the country. Simon Harris said it was "kind of bizarre" ...