The Irish Cancer Society is concerned that the winter surge in the country's hospitals had a knock-on impact for vital cancer tests
FEARS HAVE BEEN raised over the length of delays facing people awaiting the results of tests for colon cancer.
One TD who spoke to The Journal said that they have been informed that 32 weeks is the waiting list in the private sector, while it up to a year for a colonoscopy in the public sector, with the results “taking weeks and months” afterwards. The Society wants to see a “financed, staffed, resourced and realistic plan” to get the target back to cover all patients.
The issue was raised with HSE chief executive Stephen Mulvanney last week when he appeared before the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee. The delays affecting the scheduling of the procedure are less severe, although four in ten people were waiting for more than 13 weeks for a routine colonoscopy as of October last.
“The private sector seems to have come under serious pressure due to this as well. 32 weeks I’m being informed is the waiting list in the private sector. We’re at 52 weeks for an actual colonoscopy in the public sector, with the results taking weeks and months after that.
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