The Irish Cancer Society is to criticise as “truly shocking” underfunding of the country’s national cancer strategy. The chief executive of the society Averil Power is due to appear before the Oireachtas Health Committee on Wednesday morning to discuss the funding of the strategy and the National Cancer Control Programme. In her opening statement Ms Power is expected to highlight serious issues with funding of the strategy, which is designed to improve cancer prevention. “This is truly shocking and will have a major impact on patients and their families,” says her opening statement, seen by The Irish Times. Ms Power will also say that the 2017 publication of the national cancer strategy was a step forwards but “underfunding and underperformance are two steps back”.

Source: The Irish Times March 13, 2019 00:00 UTC