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03/07/2001
MINISTER WELCOMES CASH FOR CANCER SERVICES
CANCER services in Northern Ireland were given a boost following the announcement of a £6.4 million lottery cash injection from the New Opportunities Fund.
The Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Ms Bairbre de Brún announced that among the 24 projects which will received funding, she particularly welcomed funding for three MRI Scanners at Antrim, Craigavon and Ulster Hospitals.
Referring to the grants announced the Minister said: "This funding is a welcome boost for cancer services here. In particular, the funding for MRI scanners provides much needed additional imaging capacity, which will mean quicker and more comprehensive diagnosis for a wider range of service users.
“This equipment is key to the establishment and development of dedicated cancer units at these three hospitals and is a significant contribution to my Department's ongoing Imaging Modernisation Programme".
The Minister explained also that she would wish to build upon this investment by ensuring that, before too long, MRI was available in all Cancer Units.
Welcoming the nurse specialist trainee scheme for cancer and palliative care the Minister said: “The full implementation of the Campbell Report depends upon the availability of key specialist staff such as nurses with palliative care skills. Specialist cancer staff, working as part of multiprofessional, multidisciplinary cancer teams, all have a key role to play in providing high quality care for people with cancer.
The Minister said that she was pleased that money from the New Opportunities Fund would be used to help train specialist cancer and palliative care nurses and help to drive forward the department’s cancer strategy.
(AMcE)
The Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Ms Bairbre de Brún announced that among the 24 projects which will received funding, she particularly welcomed funding for three MRI Scanners at Antrim, Craigavon and Ulster Hospitals.
Referring to the grants announced the Minister said: "This funding is a welcome boost for cancer services here. In particular, the funding for MRI scanners provides much needed additional imaging capacity, which will mean quicker and more comprehensive diagnosis for a wider range of service users.
“This equipment is key to the establishment and development of dedicated cancer units at these three hospitals and is a significant contribution to my Department's ongoing Imaging Modernisation Programme".
The Minister explained also that she would wish to build upon this investment by ensuring that, before too long, MRI was available in all Cancer Units.
Welcoming the nurse specialist trainee scheme for cancer and palliative care the Minister said: “The full implementation of the Campbell Report depends upon the availability of key specialist staff such as nurses with palliative care skills. Specialist cancer staff, working as part of multiprofessional, multidisciplinary cancer teams, all have a key role to play in providing high quality care for people with cancer.
The Minister said that she was pleased that money from the New Opportunities Fund would be used to help train specialist cancer and palliative care nurses and help to drive forward the department’s cancer strategy.
(AMcE)
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