Victims’ lawyer: HSE now stalling on vital medical records

Solicitor says no lessons have been learned on disclosure; HSE will argue controversial memos were ‘misinterpreted’

Vicky Phelan

The CervicalCheck screening programme has delayed releasing vital medical records to several women diagnosed with cervical cancer, according to the solicitor of terminally ill Vicky Phelan.

Cian O’Carroll, who represented Phelan in her €2.5 million High Court settlement for a missed cancer diagnosis, is now acting for a number of other patients caught up in the controversy. Some of the women who have been diagnosed with cervical cancer, having previously been given the ...