@miriamstaunton.bsky.social
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Congratulations to our UCAN Ireland members @miriamstaunton.bsky.social & @cynthiacravo.bsky.social on becoming EUPATI Fellows 🎉
A wonderful achievement and testament of your dedication to patient advocacy👏👏👏
#ExpertPatientVoices #CancerTherapeutics #Innovation #EUPATI
A wonderful achievement and testament of your dedication to patient advocacy👏👏👏
#ExpertPatientVoices #CancerTherapeutics #Innovation #EUPATI
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Congratulations to our UCAN Ireland members @miriamstaunton.bsky.social & @cynthiacravo.bsky.social on becoming EUPATI Fellows 🎉
A wonderful achievement and testament of your dedication to patient advocacy👏👏👏
#ExpertPatientVoices #CancerTherapeutics #Innovation #EUPATI
A wonderful achievement and testament of your dedication to patient advocacy👏👏👏
#ExpertPatientVoices #CancerTherapeutics #Innovation #EUPATI
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We are thrilled to be shortlisted for the Irish Healthcare 'Patient Advocacy Project Of The Year' Award 2025 🎉 This is testament to the power of the patient voice and teamwork. Thank you to everyone who supports us.
#UnitedCancerVoiceIE #TogetherWeCanDoMore
#UnitedCancerVoiceIE #TogetherWeCanDoMore
August 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We are thrilled to be shortlisted for the Irish Healthcare 'Patient Advocacy Project Of The Year' Award 2025 🎉 This is testament to the power of the patient voice and teamwork. Thank you to everyone who supports us.
#UnitedCancerVoiceIE #TogetherWeCanDoMore
#UnitedCancerVoiceIE #TogetherWeCanDoMore
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Please help us to ensure that cancer patients across the Ireland have a voice at this important symposium 🙏 Thank you.
#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #UCANIreland #UnitedPatientVoice #NCPE #AccessMatters #StakeholdersNotSpectators
#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #UCANIreland #UnitedPatientVoice #NCPE #AccessMatters #StakeholdersNotSpectators
August 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Please help us to ensure that cancer patients across the Ireland have a voice at this important symposium 🙏 Thank you.
#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #UCANIreland #UnitedPatientVoice #NCPE #AccessMatters #StakeholdersNotSpectators
#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #UCANIreland #UnitedPatientVoice #NCPE #AccessMatters #StakeholdersNotSpectators
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With NCPE Symposium fast approaching we ask that the most important stakeholders are treated as such... Patients should never be excluded or prohibited by costs to have a rightful seat at the table, one that decides what our lives are worth no less!
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
August 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
With NCPE Symposium fast approaching we ask that the most important stakeholders are treated as such... Patients should never be excluded or prohibited by costs to have a rightful seat at the table, one that decides what our lives are worth no less!
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
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"Patients are stakeholders. So why are we being sidelined?
Every year, the NCPE Symposium brings together stakeholders to discuss issues surrounding how Ireland decides on access to new medicines. These are the medicines.."
Read full article here 👇
www.ucanireland.ie/nothing-abou...
Every year, the NCPE Symposium brings together stakeholders to discuss issues surrounding how Ireland decides on access to new medicines. These are the medicines.."
Read full article here 👇
www.ucanireland.ie/nothing-abou...
August 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Patients are stakeholders. So why are we being sidelined?
Every year, the NCPE Symposium brings together stakeholders to discuss issues surrounding how Ireland decides on access to new medicines. These are the medicines.."
Read full article here 👇
www.ucanireland.ie/nothing-abou...
Every year, the NCPE Symposium brings together stakeholders to discuss issues surrounding how Ireland decides on access to new medicines. These are the medicines.."
Read full article here 👇
www.ucanireland.ie/nothing-abou...
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Care delayed is care denied. Cancer patients simply cannot afford to wait. Timely access to scans for both diagnosis & disease and treatment monitoring is detrimental to outcomes.
Action is desperately needed.
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE #CancerCareCrisis
Action is desperately needed.
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE #CancerCareCrisis
July 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Care delayed is care denied. Cancer patients simply cannot afford to wait. Timely access to scans for both diagnosis & disease and treatment monitoring is detrimental to outcomes.
Action is desperately needed.
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE #CancerCareCrisis
Action is desperately needed.
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE #CancerCareCrisis
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Listen back to Dr Michael McCarthy on Midwest Radio this morning discussing the national issue of serious delays in patients starting treatment within recommend time frame, why these issues exist and the types of investment needed 🗣️👂
midwestradio.ie/news/oncology-…
midwestradio.ie/news/oncology-…
https://midwestradio.ie/news/oncology-…
July 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Listen back to Dr Michael McCarthy on Midwest Radio this morning discussing the national issue of serious delays in patients starting treatment within recommend time frame, why these issues exist and the types of investment needed 🗣️👂
midwestradio.ie/news/oncology-…
midwestradio.ie/news/oncology-…
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UCAN sent this letter to Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD this morning in response to a PQ submitted on our behalf by Pádraig Rice TD, Chair of the @oireachtasnews.bsky.social Health Committee, on the issue of Irelands drug reimbursement process
www.ucanireland.ie/programme-fo...
www.ucanireland.ie/programme-fo...
Programme for Government Commitments - UCAN Ireland
Letter to the Minister – Programme for Government commitments Today [...]
www.ucanireland.ie
July 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
UCAN sent this letter to Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD this morning in response to a PQ submitted on our behalf by Pádraig Rice TD, Chair of the @oireachtasnews.bsky.social Health Committee, on the issue of Irelands drug reimbursement process
www.ucanireland.ie/programme-fo...
www.ucanireland.ie/programme-fo...
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On behalf of every person diagnosed with cancer in Ireland, we are calling on the government to make good their commitments made in the Programme for Government.
Cancer patients demand action now. They simply don't have time to wait.
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE #AccessMatters
Cancer patients demand action now. They simply don't have time to wait.
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE #AccessMatters
July 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
On behalf of every person diagnosed with cancer in Ireland, we are calling on the government to make good their commitments made in the Programme for Government.
Cancer patients demand action now. They simply don't have time to wait.
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE #AccessMatters
Cancer patients demand action now. They simply don't have time to wait.
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE #AccessMatters
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Cancer survivors should not be punished by insurers. It's unjust. Protections against this discriminatory practice exist in many other EU countries, but not in Ireland ⚠️
We join cancer centers' calls for immediate action to enshrine the #RightToBeForgotten into Irish law ✊
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
We join cancer centers' calls for immediate action to enshrine the #RightToBeForgotten into Irish law ✊
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
August 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Cancer survivors should not be punished by insurers. It's unjust. Protections against this discriminatory practice exist in many other EU countries, but not in Ireland ⚠️
We join cancer centers' calls for immediate action to enshrine the #RightToBeForgotten into Irish law ✊
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
We join cancer centers' calls for immediate action to enshrine the #RightToBeForgotten into Irish law ✊
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
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📢 Local cancer centers across Ireland are calling on government to stand up and protect cancer survivors from discrimination when accessing financial products.
Read their press release 📜
#RightToBeForgotton
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
Read their press release 📜
#RightToBeForgotton
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📢 Local cancer centers across Ireland are calling on government to stand up and protect cancer survivors from discrimination when accessing financial products.
Read their press release 📜
#RightToBeForgotton
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
Read their press release 📜
#RightToBeForgotton
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
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."Laura Magan is speaking out along with 13 cancer centres, including in Cork and Tipperary, who together warned that a voluntary agreement to have diagnoses disregarded by insurers is “toothless”
#RightToBeForgotten #UnitedCancerVoicesIE
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
#RightToBeForgotten #UnitedCancerVoicesIE
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
."Laura Magan is speaking out along with 13 cancer centres, including in Cork and Tipperary, who together warned that a voluntary agreement to have diagnoses disregarded by insurers is “toothless”
#RightToBeForgotten #UnitedCancerVoicesIE
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
#RightToBeForgotten #UnitedCancerVoicesIE
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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Our Website is Now Live!! 🎉
Visit to learn more about us, our motivations & goals, and see how you can support our mission to ensure timely & equitable access to the best cancer treatments for all public patients in Ireland #UnitedCancerVoicesIE #PatientAdvocacy
ucanireland.ie/about-us/
Visit to learn more about us, our motivations & goals, and see how you can support our mission to ensure timely & equitable access to the best cancer treatments for all public patients in Ireland #UnitedCancerVoicesIE #PatientAdvocacy
ucanireland.ie/about-us/
June 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our Website is Now Live!! 🎉
Visit to learn more about us, our motivations & goals, and see how you can support our mission to ensure timely & equitable access to the best cancer treatments for all public patients in Ireland #UnitedCancerVoicesIE #PatientAdvocacy
ucanireland.ie/about-us/
Visit to learn more about us, our motivations & goals, and see how you can support our mission to ensure timely & equitable access to the best cancer treatments for all public patients in Ireland #UnitedCancerVoicesIE #PatientAdvocacy
ucanireland.ie/about-us/
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Every person facing a cancer diagnosis deserves timely access to the best standards of care and novel treatments. Ireland is failing here, we are almost bottom of the table in comparison to our European counterparts. Change MUST happen. Patients simply don't have time to wait #UnitedCancerVoicesIE
June 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Every person facing a cancer diagnosis deserves timely access to the best standards of care and novel treatments. Ireland is failing here, we are almost bottom of the table in comparison to our European counterparts. Change MUST happen. Patients simply don't have time to wait #UnitedCancerVoicesIE
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Please take a moment to read UCAN response to comments attributed to Prof Michael Barry NCPE. We as patients & advocates are deeply concerned about this discrediting of oncologist who are calling for drug reimbursement in a system that's badly failing patients.
www.ucanireland.ie/the-art-of-d...
www.ucanireland.ie/the-art-of-d...
July 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Please take a moment to read UCAN response to comments attributed to Prof Michael Barry NCPE. We as patients & advocates are deeply concerned about this discrediting of oncologist who are calling for drug reimbursement in a system that's badly failing patients.
www.ucanireland.ie/the-art-of-d...
www.ucanireland.ie/the-art-of-d...
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So proud of our @ucanireland.bsky.social Chair @miriamstaunton.bsky.social speaking to @fergalbowers.bsky.social @news.rte.ie keeping the spotlight on the key issue of disparities in accessing new EMA approved cancer medicines experienced by cancer patients in Ireland 👏
#UnitedCancerVoices
#UnitedCancerVoices
UCAN Chair @miriamstaunton.bsky.social speaks to @fergalbowers.bsky.social @news.rte.ie about the impact of Irelands far below par reimbursement of EMA approved cancer drugs & complete lack of early access schemes on patients. #UnitedCancerVoicesIE
www.rte.ie/news/health/...
www.rte.ie/news/health/...
Patients will die waiting for cancer treatment - advocate
An advocate for cancer patients has said that patients will "die waiting" for cancer treatments in Ireland after a study showed Ireland has the lowest availability for new cancer medicines in Western ...
www.rte.ie
May 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So proud of our @ucanireland.bsky.social Chair @miriamstaunton.bsky.social speaking to @fergalbowers.bsky.social @news.rte.ie keeping the spotlight on the key issue of disparities in accessing new EMA approved cancer medicines experienced by cancer patients in Ireland 👏
#UnitedCancerVoices
#UnitedCancerVoices
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UCAN Chair @miriamstaunton.bsky.social speaks to @fergalbowers.bsky.social @news.rte.ie about the impact of Irelands far below par reimbursement of EMA approved cancer drugs & complete lack of early access schemes on patients. #UnitedCancerVoicesIE
www.rte.ie/news/health/...
www.rte.ie/news/health/...
Patients will die waiting for cancer treatment - advocate
An advocate for cancer patients has said that patients will "die waiting" for cancer treatments in Ireland after a study showed Ireland has the lowest availability for new cancer medicines in Western ...
www.rte.ie
May 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
UCAN Chair @miriamstaunton.bsky.social speaks to @fergalbowers.bsky.social @news.rte.ie about the impact of Irelands far below par reimbursement of EMA approved cancer drugs & complete lack of early access schemes on patients. #UnitedCancerVoicesIE
www.rte.ie/news/health/...
www.rte.ie/news/health/...
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Just some of the media coverage from our launch week #proud #unitedcancervoicesIE
April 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Just some of the media coverage from our launch week #proud #unitedcancervoicesIE
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Listen back to chair @miriamstaunton.bsky.social on the @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social show this week.
#unitedcancervoicesIE
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
#unitedcancervoicesIE
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
Access To New Drugs "Most Pressing Issue" For Irish Cancer Patients
United Cancer Advocates Network is a newly formed group of cancer advocates who are pushing for better access to cutting edge drugs in Ireland.Chairperson Mi...
www.todayfm.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Listen back to chair @miriamstaunton.bsky.social on the @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social show this week.
#unitedcancervoicesIE
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
#unitedcancervoicesIE
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
So proud of this team #powerhouses #unitedcancervoicesIE
April 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
So proud of this team #powerhouses #unitedcancervoicesIE
Thanks to @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social for covering this important issue. Listen back here
Don't forget to tune into the Last Word with @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social @todayfm.bsky.social to hear all about UCAN from our Chair @miriamstaunton.bsky.social 📻
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
#UnitedCancerVoicesIE
I’ll be on the Last word with @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social on @todayfm.bsky.social at 5:45pm. Tune in to hear about our new organisation
April 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thanks to @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social for covering this important issue. Listen back here