The planned development of cancer services nationally has been guided by the national cancer strategy which was published in November 1996. As part of the implementation of that strategy, it is planned to develop radiotherapy services at University College Hospital Galway to complement services already available from the other supra-regional centres in Cork and Dublin.
There are no plans at present to develop a radiotherapy service at Waterford Regional Hospital. However, I understand that the National Cancer Forum will be reporting to me on the question of radiotherapy requirements in the near future.