Tánaiste Commits To Raising Midlands Cancer Support Service Funding With Health Minister

The service is in need of around €50k.

The Tánaiste has given a commitment to request the Health Minister consider a request for funding for a midlands cancer support service.

Dóchas, which is based in Tullamore, needs around €50,000, or it could be facing a major operating deficit for 2023.

The service was denied the funding earlier this year, after making a proposal to the HSE.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin says he understands the importance of services like Dóchas:

The HSE is yet to respond to an invite to visit a midlands cancer support service, nearly two months after it was issued.

Dóchas sent the invite to the Health Service at the beginning of September, in a bid to acquire more funding.

Manager of Dóchas, John Conroy, says they just want engagement from the HSE:

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