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Tue 11 Nov 2009Bowel screening plan needs new funding, says Hiqa
THE COST of establishing a national bowel cancer screening programme cannot be met from within existing cancer screening resources, a new report from the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has found.
However, it is understood Minister for Health Mary Harney, who received the as yet unpublished report last month, is now considering diverting money from elsewhere in the health sector so that she will be in a position to announce the go-ahead for a national bowel cancer screening programme on budget day.
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