Four times more cancer specialists for Dublin area

CANCER patients in Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow have access to more than four times the number of cancer specialists as people in the rest of the country.

In addition, the €4.4 million in funding allocated for cancer services in the eastern region this year is almost three times more than the next highest allocation of €1.55m given to the Health Service Executive Southern Area (HSESA).

The combined number of medical and radiation oncologists in the eastern region is 18. The next highest number in any HSE area is four.