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Marie-Louise Connolly
BBC News NI Health Correspondent
150 patients are being contacted to have their cervical smear test redone.
Read moreCervical cancer screenings now free in Jersey
Rob England
BBC News Online
A £16 fee for smear tests at the Le Bas Centre has been dropped from today by the States of Jersey.
In April, when the decision was made to drop the fee, Former Health Minister, Andrew Green, said the department would be looking to expand the free smear tests to GPs in the island "by the end of the year".
Women can now go to the Le Bas Centre for their three yearly or five yearly screenings.
Dr Nigel Minihane, Chair of the Primary Care Body - which represents GPs in Jersey - said the move was a "positive step" until advances in technology allow self-testing, which would make early detection of cervical cancer easier.
The number of women who have died as a result of incorrect smear test results has gone up.
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It has emerged that at least 208 women diagnosed with cancer should have received earlier intervention.
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An Irish mother speaks of telling her children she is going to die, deepening the Republic's cervical smear scandal.
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BBC NI Dublin correspondent
At least 208 women diagnosed with cervical cancer should have received earlier intervention.
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