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EUROCHIP 2 progress report
Ireland
June 2006
Structure
Coordinators (3)
Steering Group
(19)
Hospital
Hospital
Hospital
Hospital
Hospital
Co-ordinators
Harry Comber, National Cancer Registry
Emer Feely, Health Services Executive
Davida De La Harpe, Health Services Executive
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
Steering Group meeting January 2006
Indicators considered
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Breast cancer screening coverage
Cervical cancer screening coverage
Interval between diagnosis and treatment
Compliance with guidelines
Indicators chosen
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Interval between diagnosis and treatment
Compliance with guidelines.
Issues for Steering Committee
Interval between diagnosis and treatment
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difficulty in defining “date of diagnosis”
especially in primary care
availability of “date of referral”
Compliance with guidelines
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how representative are the cancers chosen?
what degree of agreement is there nationally on
“best practice”?
Actions agreed
Pilot studies using the EUROCHIP
protocol to be carried out in:
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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
Galway
Dublin
Limerick
Waterford
Cork
Action plan
Circulate draft protocol for comment and
information to all cancer centres
Circulate final protocol to participating sites
Each site to
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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
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