Written answers

Thursday, 21 January 2021

Department of Health

Health Services Provision

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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445. To ask the Minister for Health if oncology blood services in the community will continue and if there are no plans to require patients to travel into hospitals in order to provide a blood sample; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3360/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Cancer patients require blood tests at various stages of their journey; during treatment, in follow up, as survivors and in palliative care. Currently these are provided through GP services, community services, hospital phlebotomy services and hospital oncology day ward services.

The HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) advise that it is anticipated that these services will continue during the current wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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