Funding breakdown tells a shameful story

THE funding for the maintenance and development of cancer services has been laid bare (Irish Examiner, November 22).

Funding breakdown tells a shameful story
Sat, 26 Nov, 2005 - 00:00

Your reporter Catherine Shanahan has identified the amount provided to each health board. These allocations are shameful for the development of a service that each and every family will require.

The €9 million in the health estimates allocated to cancer services does not include any funding for chemotherapy services running at over-capacity, or palliative care services where regional cancer units have no designated beds.

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