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.