Cancer delays - Must we wait for a crisis before acting?

A MALAISE at the core of our public services surfaced in a recurring theme this week.

Concerns raised about the reliability of cancer tests carried out at Barringtons’ Hospital over the last five years were so great as to provoke the immediate suspension of those tests at the hospital.

That a number of women and their families, who have already endured the stress of undergoing these tests, must consider the prospect of resuming the harrowing process and in the interim wonder if the time lost between tests might have serious consequences, is simply unacceptable.