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The Irish government ordered a review of the national cervical screening programme in May
The leaking of a review into incorrect cervical cancer tests in the Republic of Ireland is “heartbreaking”, one of the patients affected has said.
Lorraine Walsh is one of 221 cervical cancer patients who, according to a retrospective audit of smear tests, may have benefitted from earlier treatment.
To date, 18 of the women have died and a number of others are terminally ill.
A review into the CervicalCheck audit was leaked to the media before its official publication…
