Funding gap threat to cancer survival rates

PWB3HR Patient receiving chemotherapy at the hospital

Cancer survival rates in Ireland are unlikely to improve due to the current rate of underfunding, according to the Irish Cancer Society.

Addressing the Oireachtas Health Committee on Wednesday, the charity's chief executive Averil Power noted that since the last iteration of Ireland’s national cancer strategy was introduced in 2017, just two of the subsequent budgets – in 2021 and 2022 - have provided “proper funding” for its implementation.