Cancer Research: All-island Cooperation

Part of Private Members' Business – in the Northern Ireland Assembly am 4:30 pm ar 17 Mehefin 2024.

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Photo of John Blair John Blair Alliance 4:30, 17 Mehefin 2024

Thank you for your winding-up speech.

Question, That the amendment be made, put and agreed to.

Main Question, as amended, put and agreed to. Resolved:

That this Assembly notes the recent report from the All-Island Cancer Research Institute on the state of the oncology research industry; recognises the need for greater cooperation in cancer research with both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland; further recognises that clinical experts in this field have stated that developing oncology innovation clusters, by pooling resources, could help to drive research and investment in oncology, domestically and internationally; calls on the Department of Health to engage meaningfully with the respective Departments of Health in London and Dublin to consider opportunities for increasing both east-west and North/South cooperation in delivering innovative research into cancer prevention, treatments and interventions in the British Isles; and further calls on the Minister of Health to develop a Northern Ireland cancer research strategy and subsequently update the Committee for Health with a progress report on this issue.

Adjourned at 4.53 pm.