Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 November 2021
727. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when it is planned to provide fit-for-purpose cancer care infrastructure for the Saolta region West, Northwest Hospitals Group; the reason for the delay in providing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59084/21]
View answerUnder the National Programme for Radiation Oncology, a new €56m three-storey radiation oncology centre is under construction at UHG. The facility will include seven radiotherapy treatment vaults, a brachytherapy suite, two CT rooms, MRI, on-treatment support, ancillary physics, treatment planning, out-patient suites and administration facilities. It will provide increased capacity, with four new linear accelerators, and the capability to increase to five. Construction will be completed in 2023.
Plans are being drawn up for an Aseptic Compounding Unit at Letterkenny University Hospital and the extension and reconfiguration of the existing Oncology Day Unit there (increasing from 8 treatment spaces to 15 spaces).
Saolta have also indicated that they are working on drawing up proposals for further infrastructural improvements to cancer services in the region. These will be considered by the HSE on receipt.
