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the regional Cancer Centre south at Cork
University Hospital (CUH) was officially opened
in December 2009 by Mary Harney TD, Minister
for Health and Children. Under the National
Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), the new
Centre in Cork, one of eight designated centres
for cancer care in Ireland, provides diagnostic,
surgical, medical oncology and radiation
oncology services for patients in the south. + Operating theatre staff at south tipperary General
the new Breast Care Unit in the regional + staff nurses linda Fitzgibbon and Maria ryland.
Hospital in Clonmel, pictured during their recent
Cancer Centre south at CUH will be
launch of the hospital’s ‘safe surgery’ campaign.
the largest in the country seeing more than 10,000 patients annually and diagnosing
approximately 520 patients with breast cancer. The specialist multidisciplinary team involved in
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breast care management includes five consultant breast surgeons, four consultant radiologists,
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four consultant pathologists, six clinical nurse specialists, staff nurses and a clinical nurse co-
ordinator. this team is supported by senior medical scientists, two clinical mammographers, staFF at sOUtH tipperary General
senior radiographers, a cancer centre manager, data manager, patient appointment co- Hospital in Clonmel recently launched
ordinator, medical secretarial staff, a clinical nurse specialist in psycho-oncology and portering its ‘Safe Surgery’ policy. It includes
and housekeeping services. the unit is also further supported by the CUH physiotherapy, promotion of a surgical pause ‘team
occupational therapy and social work teams. time Out’ checklist.
the commissioning of the remainder of the new centre in early 2010 will involve the With increasing complexity in the health-
opening of two new rapid access lung and prostate cancer clinics. care system, there has been a growing
emphasis on design and implementation
of interventions that contribute to a high
degree of teamwork and communication
in the operating theatre.
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More recently the World Health
Organisation (WHO) has led an
international effort to develop a surgical
+ tony safety checklist. this has been supported
McNamara,
by HIQA. In the UK, the National Patient
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Mary Harney tD,
for use throughout the NHS and is making
Minister for Health
and Children;
its introduction mandatory in all operating
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