Cancer periods in Northern Ireland 'a scandal' – Dodds

Mrs. Dodds said:

“The latest cancer maintenance statistics are simply a scandal. Despite our own goals of the Ministry of Health, we have seen the worst performance for over a decade destinations that have not been fulfilled since 2012.

Half of us in Northern Ireland will be exposed to a cancer diagnosis, but only 37.9% of the patients begin well above the 95% goal within 62 days of GP transfer. For breast cancer, only 31.7% can be observed within 14 days. This lets women down in the most terrifying moments of their lives. The new regional approach of the Department of Breast Cancer Reviews of the Red Flag is welcome today, but so far he should not have asked this change, since some of us have been demanding for some time.

We also have to speak for our children – almost 25,000 are waiting for a pediatrician, and 2,000 are waiting for operations in the Trusts Belfast and South Eastern. This is a fundamental mistake of our system.

There must be an accountability. The elective nursing framework lack the ambition. It has not managed to attract large -scale providers who could offer real increases in efficiency. Instead, we see costly, ineffective systems that do not increase the total capacity and disadvantage those who cannot pay in advance.

We have more doctors and nurses than ever, but the results continue to drop. There is no excuse for the accommodation of the theater time in which surgeons want to do more.

Reforming other parts of the United Kingdom – diagnostic community centers, extended hours, digital access and performance -related incentives. Northern Ireland should do the same. We already spend more per capita for health than somewhere else in the UK. It is time that we deliver results to meet this investment. “