The South East Cancer Services Governance Group has launched the South East Cancer Services Annual Report for 2017.
Dr. Miriam O’Connor, Consultant Oncologist at University Hospital Waterford is the Chairperson of the South East Cancer Centre and lead the report.
The facility is one of the eight cancer centres in the HSE National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP).
The hub of the centre is University Hospital Waterford (UHW) with satellite cancer services provided to and in Wexford General Hospital, St Luke’s Hospital Kilkenny, South Tipperary General Hospital and radiation oncology services provided by UPMC Radiation Oncology Centre in Whitfield Clinic.
The goal of the cancer governance group is to provide patients with timely access to quality and safe cancer services provided by staff within the available resources.
A priority of the governance group is also to produce an annual report on cancer related activities across the centre.
This is the first report for the South East Cancer Services. It highlights the multidisciplinary and complexity of care being delivered to patients of the region.
Reports are given from 14 different departments across the diagnostic, therapeutic and supportive care domains.
Some highlights from the Report include:
• Breast Care highlights:
• 6333 patients seen in out-patients
• 4082 were new referrals
• 194 new diagnoses of breast cancer
• Dermatology Highlights:
• >9000 patients seen in clinics
• 4172 new referrals
• 206 new cases of melanoma (80% early stage)
• Gynaecology Highlights:
• 972 women have undergone a cancer related procedures
• 219 women have been referred for primary chemo-radiation or neoadjuvant chemotherapy
• Early stage Uterine Cancer: 5 year survival figure: 92% (higher than the national average).
• Haematology & Oncology Highlights:
• 14,955 patients seen in clinics
• 17,583 patients treated in our dedicated day wards
• 1248 new Oncology patients (70% increase from 2010)
