Report delays ‘fail’ cancer patients

LABOUR last night accused ministers of failing cancer patients by allowing probes into misdiagnosis scandals to get bogged down in delays.

The party’s health spokesperson Jan O’Sullivan warned inquiries were being used as a way of deflecting criticism, not finding out what went wrong.

She cited a report into the circumstances surrounding the misdiagnosis in the case of Rebecca O’Malley, which was to be published last month.