Expert: Reform healthcare or face ‘apocalyptic scenario’

Healthcare in Ireland faces an “apocalyptic scenario” if radical steps are not taken to change it, says cancer expert Dr Tom Keane.

The former head of the National Cancer Control Programme is lead author of a report from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland on the direction healthcare must take in the years ahead.

Prof Keane said healthcare has to change to avoid a complete systems breakdown, but there must be a plan and a body, accountable to the Oireachtas, to oversee its implementation.