340. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the action or omissions or commission a person (details supplied) has taken following cancer diagnosis of a patient which remain unactioned for 18 months after the attending consultant was initially informed of the histopathology results and consequently that patient is now facing chemotherapy radiation and a poorer prognosis as a consequence. [24960/19]

As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.