Patient advocates like us fight for a fair system where everyone has equitable access to treatment and care. News like this is so frustrating... as if some lives are worth more than others NCPE Irish Cancer Society HSE Ireland The Irish Times Irish Independent RTÉ News Stephen Donnelly

Patients & Nurses partner to launch a new name for the cancer nurse specialist telephone triage service:SOS Hotline,🆘coupled with new National Standardised Patient Information & Alert Cards, available in 6 languages Stephen Donnelly @CNO ONMSD #SOSHotlineforCancerPatient

Great work being done by the team on helping our cancer patients avoid ED and get triaged into hospitals where required.

On #InternationalDayofCharity we'd like to thank all who have donated, volunteered & supported us - because of your support we can continue our work. You can help support the cancer research we fund by donating, fundraising or volunteering 💙Learn more: breakthroughcancerresearch.ie/supporters/

Excited to share that my undergrad thesis on Lynch syndrome and somatic mismatch repair deficiency in pancreas cancer was published in JAMA Oncology!🧬 A million thanks to Emily Harrold Eileen M O’Reilly Wungki Park, MD MS Fergus Keane+ countless others for all the guidance and support😊

I've a history of monumental balls ups. Somehow none have led to disaster. The latest however could. A 🧵 Little Miss has a diagnosis of Autism. In the last 9 months she has lost a grandfather, moved to the middle of nowhere and started a new school.

👩‍🔬We're delighted to co-host a free Public Cancer Research Showcase, Monday Sept. 23rd with Systems Biology Ire Precision Oncology Ireland at University College Dublin You’ll hear from world-renowned experts & explore cutting-edge developments in cancer research. For more info & to book👉bit.ly/UCDLabTour

Dr Sinead Field, Consultant Dermatologist in UHL shares #SunSmart advice. Skin cancer is largely preventable by protecting your skin from UV rays and not using sunbeds. HSE Ireland NCCP HealthyIreland IrishSkin.ie

Never use sunbeds. Mind your skin

We're really looking forward to welcoming members of the public to Systems Biology Ire in just two weeks time for this open-day event with our partners at Breakthrough Cancer Research Tickets are free and can be booked here bit.ly/UCDLabTour University College Dublin UCD Medicine UCD Research UCD Conway Institute

These two patients are lucky enough to have private health insurance. What about the others that Dr McCarthy can’t refer. It’s so unjust to vulnerable sick people who have just been diagnosed or their cancer has progressed. The state is failing cancer patients

What a great awareness campaign. Well done Marie Keating Foundation

Breakthrough Cancer Research aims to drive progress in understanding the disease, improve survival rates, & bring new hope to patients and their families facing pancreatic cancer. Thanks for investing a million euro into one of the poorer prognosis #cancers #pancreaticcancer 💜

Great news and well done 👏🏻

Amazing to be at #ESMO2024 and see novel trials and development of drugs for onc patients across a wide range of malignancies, but we need patient access. Here we highlight that patients in Ireland are accessing treatments more than x2 as slow as the UK. Let's push for change!

10 years on from game changing treatments 🥹☺️ #esmo24

Orla Fitzpatrick Grainne O'Kane michaeltmccarthy Dr Ciara McNevin Thanks for highlighting this terrible inequity for patients. Great work Orla Fitzpatrick We see the reality of this for our CLL community. Combination treatment I&V has been available in the UK since April 23 but still not approved here in Ireland.

Planning to spend time outdoors this week? Protect yourself and your family by being #SunSmart as part of your daily routine, even on cloudy days! UV rays that cause damage to your skin are present on any day that the UV index is 3+. #BreakthroughCancerResearch #SkinCancer

Sweet Jesus this needs to be addressed tomorrow morning Stephen Donnelly Scoliosis Awareness & Support Ireland The Scoliosis Advocacy Network #BackUs this is outrageous that a young child is left in daily pain with a crushed lung. There is no excuse Simon Harris TD you need to cut through this shit show and sort something

Thanks so much to Breakthrough Cancer Research for bringing this panel of experts together in Ireland. There’s a link to the full video which is very much worth your time.