In this episode, I talk to clinical negligence lawyer Hannah Seignior about her experience of having numerous smear tests come back with abnormal test results from the age of 18. She shares her experience of advocating for herself, going through a painful colposcopy, learning from a healthcare professional while a gang of student doctors were standing around, and navigating the Scottish and English systems for cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination.

Hannah also briefly tells the story of Emma Swaine, a young woman who died as a result of cervical cancer after her requests for a smear test were repeatedly denied. You can learn more about Emma's story from an episode of The Case Files, a podcast produced by Slater + Gordon, the firm Hannah works for.

For up-to-date, accurate information about Ireland's cervical cancer screening programme and the HPV vaccine, see the HSE pages about screening and vaccination.

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