Screening postponement will lead to 'avoidable' deaths

Rachel Morrogh, Director of Advocacy and External Affairs at the Irish Cancer Society, told the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response that he impact of screening postponements will take years, with thousands of people not being screened and with little clarity in sight.

— RTÉ News July 17, 2020 "We need to use this challenging environment to build a better service," she said. She said there are "extremely limited pathways for GPs in place… every year for far too many years we have severe over-crowding, trolleys - this year will be worse". Irish Cancer Society's Rachel Morrogh says without screening services, a central part of the cancer prevention strategy is missing. She says with some services not up and running, there are people out there who may have cancer and don’t know it | More: https://t.co/3TMk2AfvvG pic.twitter.

She said 600 GPs are due to retire and there are no supports in place. "We have failed miserably to attract people to work in the system," she said.

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