Motion or amendment: Support for Cancer Patients
Motion or amendment by Mr Colin McGrath on .
- MLA
- Mr Colin McGrath
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 1 July 2022
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Support for Cancer Patients
- Assembly identifier
- Document 377839
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Support for Cancer Patients
That this Assembly recognises the significant impact of the pandemic on cancer services; acknowledges the pressing need to improve cancer waiting times to ensure early diagnoses; further acknowledges the need for comprehensive workforce planning to improve diagnosis and treatment; further recognises the need for personalised, integrated care and enhanced wellbeing support for people living with cancer; calls on the Minister of Health to deliver a multi-year cancer workforce funding settlement; further calls on the Minister of Health to develop and fund a new palliative and end of life care strategy; and calls on the Executive to guarantee recurrent funding to fully implement and resource the Cancer Strategy.
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