Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion
Ms Gemma Fort:
Referrals come from a number of sources. Healthcare professionals in the community and in acute hospitals and centres of excellence would make referrals. Given our presence in local communities - the centres are very much founded by members of the community - there is an awareness there. The service is accessible to anyone who needs it. I might invite one of my colleagues to speak because we are representing a number of geographical areas.
There is a good cross-section here as to where people are coming from and what happens.