Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021
993. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of claims notified or proceedings issued against CervicalCheck in each of the past five years, and to date in 2021, regarding the alleged misreading of smear tests; the details of these cases; the number of claims that came from women affected by the scandal; and the number that were from the families surviving women who died allegedly as a result of the misreading of smear tests. [41498/21]
View answerThe State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims, including claims in respect of clinical negligence, on behalf of Delegated State Authorities (DSA’s) including the Health Service Executive.
I have been informed by the SCA that the information contained within the attached document was extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as per the criteria below.
Criteria used
- Question 1 (Table 1) shows Claims received between 01/01/2016 to 01/08/2021.
- Question 2 (Table 2)shows Date Proceedings Issued between 01/01/2016 to 01/08/2021.
- Question 4:
- Claims received between 01/01/2016 to 01/08/2021.
- Incident Hazard Category equals ‘Clinical Care’.
- Question 5
- Claims received between 01/01/2016 to 01/08/2021.
- Incident Hazard Category equals ’Exposure to Psychological hazards’
- Sub Hazard type equals ‘Wrongful Death’
- Report is correct as at 01/08/2021
