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14/11/2001
Minister encourages cancer patients to air their views
The Health Minister, Bairbre de Brún, has encouraged patients to air their views on the provision of cancer services in the province.
At the opening of the second Living with Cancer Conference in the Templeton Hotel in Templepatrick, Ms de Brún said: “Listening to the views and experiences of patients can help us to plan services that will meet people’s needs and expectations.”
Welcoming the conference’s aims of bringing together cancer patients, carers and health professionals to look at the cancer journey from a patient’s perspective the Minister said she fully supported a “patient centred approach to cancer care”.
The Minister also welcomed the conference’s emphasis on a holistic approach to cancer care, embracing psychological care as well as physical treatment: “Anyone hearing that they, or their loved one, has a diagnosis of cancer will undoubtedly experience one of the worst days in their life, if not the very worst. There will be anxiety about the future, about life expectancy, the severity of treatment, the impact on family and friends, on social life and financial circumstances.”
Emphasising that counselling was an important element in the management of patient anxiety, Ms de Brún commended voluntary groups such as Action Cancer and the Ulster Cancer Foundation for their contribution in complementing the work of the health service.
Cancer patients, carers and health professionals attended the second Living with Cancer conference, which was organised by Belfast City Hospital Trust, Action Cancer and the Ulster Cancer Foundation. (SP)
At the opening of the second Living with Cancer Conference in the Templeton Hotel in Templepatrick, Ms de Brún said: “Listening to the views and experiences of patients can help us to plan services that will meet people’s needs and expectations.”
Welcoming the conference’s aims of bringing together cancer patients, carers and health professionals to look at the cancer journey from a patient’s perspective the Minister said she fully supported a “patient centred approach to cancer care”.
The Minister also welcomed the conference’s emphasis on a holistic approach to cancer care, embracing psychological care as well as physical treatment: “Anyone hearing that they, or their loved one, has a diagnosis of cancer will undoubtedly experience one of the worst days in their life, if not the very worst. There will be anxiety about the future, about life expectancy, the severity of treatment, the impact on family and friends, on social life and financial circumstances.”
Emphasising that counselling was an important element in the management of patient anxiety, Ms de Brún commended voluntary groups such as Action Cancer and the Ulster Cancer Foundation for their contribution in complementing the work of the health service.
Cancer patients, carers and health professionals attended the second Living with Cancer conference, which was organised by Belfast City Hospital Trust, Action Cancer and the Ulster Cancer Foundation. (SP)
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