Breast cancer experts demand funding for clinics

THE Government must urgently fund the country’s specialist breast clinics as many are not properly staffed or equipped, according to breast cancer experts.

Doctors, nurses and breast cancer survivors called on the Department of Health to address the “patchy nature” of breast cancer care at the first national conference organised by breast cancer advocacy group Europa Donna in Dublin at the weekend.

UCD Professor of Surgery and Royal College of Surgeons president Professor Niall O’Higgins said inequalities in access and standards of care needed to be addressed.