‘The nurses became your family’ – the lasting impact of the pandemic for cancer patients and treatment rates

‘The nurses became your family’ – the lasting impact of the pandemic for cancer patients and treatment rates

Aontú TD Peadar Tóibín, who was diagnosed with skin cancer in early 2021, has questioned if delays in care are behind rising chemotherapy rates, while a mum of two treated during Covid shares her story

Caitriona Greene, with her husband Cathal Diver and daughters Dorothy and Mary Brigid

A record number of new patients are receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer across the country.

It is possible that the figures are part of the collateral damage of the Covid pandemic, and knock-on effects from disruption to healthcare as the virus gripped the world.