The HSE-National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) is responsible for the implementation of the National Cancer Control Strategy which aims to achieve better cancer prevention, early detection and treatment that maximise survival through a co-ordinated national service, based on international evidence and best practice. Under the Programme there are four designated cancer control networks and eight cancer centres nationally.
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Network
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Cancer Centres
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Beaumont Hospital
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HSE Dublin – North East
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Mater Misericordiae Hospital
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St James’s Hospital
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HSE Dublin – Mid Leinster
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St Vincent’s University Hospital
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Cork University Hospital
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HSE South
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Waterford Regional Hospital
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UCH Galway (satellite: Letterkenny)
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HSE West
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Limerick Regional Hospital
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The Programme is working to ensure that designated cancer centres for individual tumour types have adequate case volumes, expertise and concentration of multidisciplinary specialist skills. By September this year, 1,804 men had attended the Rapid Access Clinics, with 750 men diagnosed. The service fast tracks patients into the system ensuring that men are provided with their diagnosis within an appropriate timeframe. For the vast majority of men who do not have cancer, that short timeframe reduces the anxiety that any waiting period involves. Men who are diagnosed have their treatment options discussed and considered by an expert multidisciplinary team who ensure that the patient is given all the options and all the information on the best approach to be taken.
