Fragmentation, not absence, is the real problem.

In July 2026, Dr Lorraine Walsh — Consultant Radiation Oncologist, Mid-Western Radiation Oncology Centre, Mater Private Network at University Hospital Limerick — gave structured feedback on Project Helix. While pancreatic cancer isn't her specialty, her insight into Ireland's national cancer IT landscape shaped the project's direction directly. Her central point: the problem in Irish cancer care isn't a lack of digital systems — it's that NCIS and NIMIS, the two national platforms, are fragmented and inconsistently available across public and private care, with some MDM discussions never recorded at all.