Cancer services unit put on hold

PLANS for a cancer services unit have been put on hold at one of eight hospitals central to the successful delivery of the National Cancer Strategy.

Cancer services unit put on hold
Fri, 14 Mar, 2008 - 00:00
Catherine Shanahan

Despite being earmarked by the Government as a future centre of excellence under its plan to concentrate cancer care in eight specialist centres, Waterford Regional Hospital will not get a new cancer unit before at least 2009.

This is despite repeated promises by the Health Service Executive (HSE) that building work on the €15 million unit would begin this year.

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