Marie Keating Foundation helps to launch the 221+ CervicalCheck Patient Support Group

Marie Keating Foundation helps to launch the 221+ CervicalCheck Patient Support Group  The group, co-founded by Vicky Phelan, Stephen Teap, Lorraine Walsh, the Marie Keating Foundation, the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Patient Association, aims to support and advocate on behalf of the women and families affected by the CervicalCheck scandal. The 221+ CervicalCheck […]


MKF Reacts to the Scally CervicalCheck Review

Marie Keating Foundation welcomes Dr Scally’s CervicalCheck review as a way to “improve the screening service and lead to a better health system for women in Ireland” CEO Liz Yeates, describes the results of the audit as disturbing and shocking The Marie Keating Foundation welcomes Dr Gabriel Scally’s thorough and comprehensive review into the CervicalCheck debacle. […]


MKF welcomes approval of a new independent patient advocacy service for those affected by the CervicalCheck scandal

The Marie Keating Foundation has welcomed a commitment from Health Minister, Simon Harris, that the Government will fund a new independent patient advocacy and support group, to assist those affected by the recent CervicalCheck controversy. Stephan Teap, whose wife Irene died of cervical cancer last year after two misread smear tests and Vicky Phelan, whose […]