Why we must get it right on cancer

While health services on this island have punched above their weight in dealing with cancer, they should not become complacent

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly (left) with European Cancer Organisation Special Network co-chair Mark Lawler at the Joint Euro-American Forum on Cancer at Farmleigh House, Dublin. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA 

This year represents a unique year for cancer on the island of Ireland, with three impactful initiatives celebrated at the inaugural joint Euro-American Forum on Cancer, a high-profile international event in Farmleigh House last week. The triple anniversary occurs when cancer is in the news, with calls by Irish cancer experts and the Irish Cancer Society for previously agreed funding for cancer to be released urgently, and renewed pleas in the North for its cancer strategy to be fully implemented.

Impactful initiatives