Canadian experts to help with cancer plans

HEALTH chiefs have drafted in Canadian specialists to help draw up the long-awaited national cancer strategy amid concerns at the pace of progress on the plan.

Experts from the British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA) are working with Health Service Executive (HSE) staff to formulate the National Cancer Control Programme promised by Health Minister Mary Harney last June.

Ms Harney came in for criticism at the time for announcing an outline of the programme without including any detail on how it would be funded or how and when it would be implemented.