Public confidence in HSE must be ‘urgently restored’, Harris

Minister for Health Simon Harris said there is an urgent need to restore public confidence in the HSE following the cervical cancer tests scandal.

With concerns deepening over the government and health service’s handling of the controversy which saw more than 200 women given incorrect smear test results, the head of the HSE Tony O’Brien was forced to resign and a bill to establish an independent board for the HSE is now being drafted.