UCAN Ireland at the All Ireland Lung Cancer Patient Symposium 2025, hosted by The Irish Lung Cancer Community 💙 Powerful patient stories filled the room. UCAN Ireland was represented by our Chair, Miriam Staunton, who spoke.. 1/

A powerful message from Dr Michael McCarthy speaking at #GatheringAroundCancer2025 Patients & Clinicians deserve a seat at the table. Irelands drug reimbursement system needs urgent reform - delayed decisions lead to poorer outcomes. The time for change is now. #UnitedCancerVoicesIE

The Irish Cancer Society has said there is a complacent notion that Ireland is doing well in terms of cancer treatment.

Radiation therapy targets consistently missed, cttee told

The Irish Cancer Society has said there is a complacent notion that Ireland is doing well in terms of cancer treatment.

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Congratulations to our UCAN Ireland members @miriamstaunton.bsky.social & @cynthiacravo.bsky.social on becoming EUPATI Fellows 🎉 A wonderful achievement and testament of your dedication to patient advocacy👏👏👏 #ExpertPatientVoices #CancerTherapeutics #Innovation #EUPATI

"Patients are stakeholders. So why are we being sidelined? Every year, the NCPE Symposium brings together stakeholders to discuss issues surrounding how Ireland decides on access to new medicines. These are the medicines.." Read full article here 👇 www.ucanireland.ie/nothing-abou...

With NCPE Symposium fast approaching we ask that the most important stakeholders are treated as such... Patients should never be excluded or prohibited by costs to have a rightful seat at the table, one that decides what our lives are worth no less! #UnitedCancerVoicesIE

We are thrilled to be shortlisted for the Irish Healthcare 'Patient Advocacy Project Of The Year' Award 2025 🎉 This is testament to the power of the patient voice and teamwork. Thank you to everyone who supports us. #UnitedCancerVoiceIE #TogetherWeCanDoMore

🚨 MUST READ!! “Our doctors, nurses, hospital pharmacists and others have done everything they can to minimise waiting times. However, we simply don’t have enough staff, space, or equipment to cope and patients are paying the price." - Dr Michael McCarthy www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/08/03/a...

A Mayo View: A sad and shocking indictment of our cancer care services | Connaught Telegraph

A number of protests took place in Castlebar in 2008 over the decision to move cancer care services from Mayo University Hospital to a centre of excellence at Galway University Hospital.

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."Laura Magan is speaking out along with 13 cancer centres, including in Cork and Tipperary, who together warned that a voluntary agreement to have diagnoses disregarded by insurers is “toothless” #RightToBeForgotten #UnitedCancerVoicesIE www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

📢 Local cancer centers across Ireland are calling on government to stand up and protect cancer survivors from discrimination when accessing financial products. Read their press release 📜 #RightToBeForgotton #UnitedCancerVoicesIE

Cancer survivors should not be punished by insurers. It's unjust. Protections against this discriminatory practice exist in many other EU countries, but not in Ireland ⚠️ We join cancer centers' calls for immediate action to enshrine the #RightToBeForgotten into Irish law ✊ #UnitedCancerVoicesIE

On behalf of every person diagnosed with cancer in Ireland, we are calling on the government to make good their commitments made in the Programme for Government. Cancer patients demand action now. They simply don't have time to wait. #UnitedCancerVoicesIE #AccessMatters

UCAN sent this letter to Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD this morning in response to a PQ submitted on our behalf by Pádraig Rice TD, Chair of the @oireachtasnews.bsky.social Health Committee, on the issue of Irelands drug reimbursement process www.ucanireland.ie/programme-fo...

Programme for Government Commitments - UCAN Ireland

Letter to the Minister – Programme for Government commitments Today [...]

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Listen back to Dr Michael McCarthy on Midwest Radio this morning discussing the national issue of serious delays in patients starting treatment within recommend time frame, why these issues exist and the types of investment needed 🗣️👂 midwestradio.ie/news/oncology-…

Care delayed is care denied. Cancer patients simply cannot afford to wait. Timely access to scans for both diagnosis & disease and treatment monitoring is detrimental to outcomes. Action is desperately needed. #UnitedCancerVoicesIE #CancerCareCrisis

Cancer Care in Ireland 2025 Delays in diagnosis & treatment causing avoidable cancer deaths We have heard testimony directly from patients which unfortunately backs up the data 🧐👇 #UnitedCancerVoicesIE www.ucanireland.ie/delays-in-di...

Delays in diagnosis & treatment causing avoidable cancer deaths - UCAN Ireland

Cancer Care in Ireland 2025 Data identified by by www.thejournal.ie  [...]

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CANCER DELAYS ARE CAUSING AVOIDABLE DEATHS 🚨 A very worrying press release from The Irish Cancer Society UCAN supports ICS call for investment to tackle this crisis #UnitedCancerVoicesIE #NoTimeToWait #CancerCareCrisis www.cancer.ie/our-news/pre...

PRESS RELEASE: Cancer delays are causing avoidable deaths

PRESS RELEASE: Wednesday, 9 July: Cancer delays are causing avoidable deaths. That is the stark warning from the Irish Cancer Society today as it highlights new data showing delays in cancer tests and...

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Startling figures paint a poor picture of cancer care in Ireland 2025 #UnitedPatientVoicesIE #CancerCareCrisis

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Many people referred for urgent appointments in breast diseases clinics are waiting longer than they should to be seen. New data obtained by the Irish Cancer Society shows that just 76.3% of patients got their appointment within the recommended time. http://jrnl.ie/6756110

We welcome @hselive.bsky.social approval of Enhurtu for HR2-low MBC. Cancer patients in Ireland have waited 2.5 years to access this EMA approved drug. Reform of our drugs reimbursement system is needed to deliver timely and fair access for all patients. #UnitedCancerVoicesIE

Please take a moment to read UCAN response to comments attributed to Prof Michael Barry NCPE. We as patients & advocates are deeply concerned about this discrediting of oncologist who are calling for drug reimbursement in a system that's badly failing patients. www.ucanireland.ie/the-art-of-d...

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Every person facing a cancer diagnosis deserves timely access to the best standards of care and novel treatments. Ireland is failing here, we are almost bottom of the table in comparison to our European counterparts. Change MUST happen. Patients simply don't have time to wait #UnitedCancerVoicesIE

Our Website is Now Live!! 🎉 Visit to learn more about us, our motivations & goals, and see how you can support our mission to ensure timely & equitable access to the best cancer treatments for all public patients in Ireland #UnitedCancerVoicesIE #PatientAdvocacy ucanireland.ie/about-us/

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Patients will die waiting for cancer treatment - advocate

An advocate for cancer patients has said that patients will "die waiting" for cancer treatments in Ireland after a study showed Ireland has the lowest availability for new cancer medicines in Western ...

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UCAN Chair @miriamstaunton.bsky.social speaks to @fergalbowers.bsky.social @news.rte.ie about the impact of Irelands far below par reimbursement of EMA approved cancer drugs & complete lack of early access schemes on patients. #UnitedCancerVoicesIE www.rte.ie/news/health/...

Patients will die waiting for cancer treatment - advocate

An advocate for cancer patients has said that patients will "die waiting" for cancer treatments in Ireland after a study showed Ireland has the lowest availability for new cancer medicines in Western ...

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How do patients in Irelands public health system fair out in comparison to our European counterparts when it comes to timely access to best new cancer treatments? 🧐 It's not good news. It's shameful. People are dying waiting. #EUPatientsRightsDay #CancerDrugDisparities #UnitedCancerVoicesIE

James is calling for patients in Ireland to have access to the same standard of care and lifesaving cancer drugs that are readily available to our European counterparts. He's fighting for himself & for every person who will face cancer. Let's all fight for each other 💪❤️ #UnitedCancerVoicesIE

We are in the process of setting up our website www.ucanireland.ie where you can keep up to date on our activities advocating on key issues impacting cancer patients in Ireland. Site will be available soon! Pls share 🙏 #UnitedCancerVoicesIE

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