79% of Donegal cancer patients met treatment start targets in March and April

The HSE’s Regional Health Forum Wes has been told there’s been a significant improvement in the wait times for people beginning their cancer treatments.

Cllr Declan Meehan had raised the issue in February, to be told that 31% of patients were seen within the target of 15 days.

Now, he’s been told the number who began treatment within the recommended timeline in March and April was 79%.

Cllr Meehan says that’s a welcome improvement, which he wants to see sustained and built on………..

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