EUROCHIP 2 progress report

IrelandJune 2006

Structure

Coordinators (3)

Steering Group (19)

Hospital Hospital Hospital Hospital Hospital

Co-ordinators

Harry Comber, National Cancer RegistryEmer Feely, Health Services ExecutiveDavida De La Harpe, Health Services Executive

National Steering CommitteeMr. Gerry Coffey, Cancer Policy Unit, Department of Health and ChildrenMs. Tracey Conroy, Cancer Policy Unit, Department of Health and ChildrenDr 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 ExecutiveDr. Davida De La Harpe, Assistant National Director, Population Health, Health Services ExecutiveDr. 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 HospitalDr. Rajnish K Gupta, Regional Director of Cancer Services, Limerick Regional HospitalDr. James Hayes, Regional Director of Cancer Services, Cavan General HospitalProfessor Donal Hollywood, Regional Director of Cancer Services, St Luke's HospitalMr. John Hyland, Regional Director of Cancer Services, St Vincent's HospitalMr. Oliver McAnena, Regional Director of Cancer Services, GalwayMr. Kevin Moran, Regional Director of Cancer Services, Letterkenny General HospitalProfessor Paul Redmond, Regional Director of Cancer Services, Cork University HospitalProfessor John Reynolds, Regional Director of Cancer Services, St James's HospitalMr. Gordon Watson, Regional Director of Cancer Services, Waterford Regional Hospital

Steering Group meeting January 2006

Indicators considered Breast cancer screening coverage Cervical cancer screening coverage Interval between diagnosis and treatment Compliance with guidelines

Indicators chosen Interval between diagnosis and treatment Compliance with guidelines.

Issues for Steering Committee

Interval between diagnosis and treatment difficulty in defining “date of diagnosis”

especially in primary care availability of “date of referral”

Compliance with guidelines how representative are the cancers chosen? what degree of agreement is there

nationally on “best practice”?

Galway

Limerick

Cork

Waterford

Dublin

Actions agreed

Pilot studies using the EUROCHIP protocol to be carried out in: 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

Action plan

Circulate draft protocol for comment and information to all cancer centresCirculate final protocol to participating sitesEach site to 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 dataMost hospitals have indicated their preferences with regard to method of data collectionData acquisition will begin following final agreement on protocol Planned finish—December 2006