Decisions must be implemented

A major rift over blood testing, caused

For more than three years the proposal to move the only other testing centre in the country from Cork gave rise to justifiable concerns about patient care and considerably undermined confidence in the blood service.

Now, a three-man international panel, agreed by both the IBTS and the Southern Health Board, has recommended not only that dual site testing be retained in Ireland, but there should be an enhanced role for the facility in Cork.