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SLIGO AND CASTLEBAR CANCER SERVICES MUST STAY
Date: November 12, 2007
Is the Government to close down regional breast cancer services operating to the highest standards in an attempt to make space for the private hospital sector to provide cancer services on a profit making basis?[more]
PRIVATE HOSPITALS TO BE CANCER CENTRES?
Date: October 30, 2007
"Is there a possibility that the closure of some of the breast care units in public hospitals is being done to facilitate the operation of breast care centres in some of the new co-located private hospitals?" This is a question...[more]
BREAST CARE UNIT IN SLIGO
Date: October 17, 2007
Five Reasons to keep Breast Care Unit Open in Sligo, [more]
MANDATORY ALCOHOL TESTING
Date: October 17, 2007
Harkin Welcomes Mandatory Alcohol Testing at the Scene of Road Traffic Accidents.[more]
NEW TWO YEAR DELAY FOR BREASTCHECK SLATED
Date: September 26, 2007
The confirmation that the Breastcheck programme would not achieve its target of national availability by the end of 2007 was a further scandalous example of Government failure to deliver a fair and effective health service to all...[more]
DEVINS REMINDED OF FIANNA FAIL VIEW OF HEALTH CUTS
Date: September 23, 2007
cuCalls for the resignation of Junior Health Minister Jimmy Devins would, if acted upon, do little to resolve the problem of cut backs in the health services. [more]
M.E.P. OPPOSES DRINK BAN FOR PREGNANT WOMEN
Date: September 5, 2007
To prevent women from taking alcoholic drink during pregnancy was a step too far and the proposal should be eliminated from a report ‘Strategy to Support Member States to Reduce Alcohol Related Harm’ presented in the European...[more]
24 HOUR 7 DAY AMBULANCE COVER FOR NORTH EAST
Date: April 26, 2007
Any candidate canvassing in the Cavan/Monaghan constituency was being clearly informed that 24 hour 7 day ambulance service in Cavan and Monaghan was a major election issue.[more]
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CANCER DEATHS ASKS HARKIN
Date: April 2, 2007
Who in politics was prepared to take responsibility for the fact that women in areas like the North-West and West had a higher incidence of deaths from breast cancer than other areas of the country.[more]
EU PATIENTS RIGHTS CHARTER PROPOSED
Date: March 29, 2007
The creation of legislation to underpin an EU Charter of Patients Rights was an essential measure to underline the value of the European Project to citizens.[more]
