Dr. Jerome Coffey:

Access to the North West Cancer Centre at Altnagelvin is a huge step forward for the people of the north west. It is important to say that while there are eight designated cancer centres, in a large number of hospitals there are chemotherapy day wards that are delivering care close to home. That principle is already there and will not be changed. We must maximise the non-cancer centres' ability to deliver diagnostics and follow-up so that patients do not have to travel for everything, from diagnosis through to follow-up.