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EUROCHIP 2 progress report

EUROCHIP 2 progress report. Ireland June 2006. Structure. Co-ordinators. Harry Comber, National Cancer Registry Emer Feely, Health Services Executive Davida De La Harpe, Health Services Executive. National Steering Committee.

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EUROCHIP 2 progress report

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  1. EUROCHIP 2 progress report Ireland June 2006

  2. Structure

  3. Co-ordinators • Harry Comber, National Cancer Registry • Emer Feely, Health Services Executive • Davida De La Harpe, Health Services Executive

  4. National Steering Committee • Mr. Gerry Coffey, Cancer Policy Unit, Department of Health and Children • Ms. Tracey Conroy, Cancer Policy Unit, Department of Health and Children • Dr Tony Holohan, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Children • Mr. John O’Brien, National Director, National Hospitals Office, Health Services Executive • Mr. Aidan Browne, Director of Primary, Community and Continuing Care Services, Health Services Executive • Dr. Davida De La Harpe, Assistant National Director, Population Health, Health Services Executive • Dr. Emer Feely, Specialist in Public Health Medicine, Health Services Executive • Dr. Harry Comber, National Cancer Registry • Ms. Eileen Furlong, Irish Association for Nurses in Oncology • Professor Des Carney, Regional Director of Cancer Services, Mater Hospital • Dr. Rajnish K Gupta, Regional Director of Cancer Services, Limerick Regional Hospital • Dr. James Hayes, Regional Director of Cancer Services, Cavan General Hospital • Professor Donal Hollywood, Regional Director of Cancer Services, St Luke's Hospital • Mr. John Hyland, Regional Director of Cancer Services, St Vincent's Hospital • Mr. Oliver McAnena, Regional Director of Cancer Services, Galway • Mr. Kevin Moran, Regional Director of Cancer Services, Letterkenny General Hospital • Professor Paul Redmond, Regional Director of Cancer Services, Cork University Hospital • Professor John Reynolds, Regional Director of Cancer Services, St James's Hospital • Mr. Gordon Watson, Regional Director of Cancer Services, Waterford Regional Hospital

  5. Steering Group meeting January 2006 • Indicators considered • Breast cancer screening coverage • Cervical cancer screening coverage • Interval between diagnosis and treatment • Compliance with guidelines • Indicators chosen • Interval between diagnosis and treatment • Compliance with guidelines.

  6. Issues for Steering Committee • Interval between diagnosis and treatment • difficulty in defining “date of diagnosis” especially in primary care • availability of “date of referral” • Compliance with guidelines • how representative are the cancers chosen? • what degree of agreement is there nationally on “best practice”?

  7. Dublin Galway Limerick Waterford Cork Actions agreed • Pilot studies using the EUROCHIP protocol to be carried out in: • St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin • St James’s Hospital, Dublin • Mater Hospital, Dublin • University College Hospital Galway • Regional Hospital, Limerick • Cork University Hospital • St Luke’s Hospital • Waterford Regional Hospital

  8. Action plan • Circulate draft protocol for comment and information to all cancer centres • Circulate final protocol to participating sites • Each site to • decide on method of data collection—either by National Cancer Registry or local researcher • inform NCR of decision on resources needed, if any • collect information on availability of data for 30 cases identified by NCR

  9. Progress • Researcher appointed by NCR to liaise with hospitals and/or to collect data • Most hospitals have indicated their preferences with regard to method of data collection • Data acquisition will begin following final agreement on protocol • Planned finish—December 2006

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