The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of Delegated State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. I have been informed by the SCA that the information contained below was extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and is accurate as of 31/12/2021.
Since 2018, 336 claims have been received regarding the alleged misreading of smear tests. Note, that a further 4 claims were received prior to 2018.
Claim Create Year
|
Number of claims
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2018
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86
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2019
|
52
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2020
|
95
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2021
|
103
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Total
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336
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Table 1: Number of claims notified to the State Claims Agency which relate to the alleged misreading of smear tests by CervicalCheck since 2018 by claim create year