The Northern Echo | Don't Stop Dementia Drugs

Dementia drugs watchdog U-turn

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0100

HUNDREDS of thousands of people denied access to Alzheimer's drugs could now get them after a U-turn by the health watchdog, it was announced today.

Ruling triggers review of drug availability on NHS

Fri, 02 May 2008 08:28:00 +0100

RESTRICTIONS on the availability of anti-dementia drugs on the NHS are to be reviewed after a landmark court ruling.

Drug battle goes to the Court of Appeal

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:51:00 +0100

A BATTLE over the funding for Alzheimer's drugs on the NHS went to the Court of Appeal today.

Prime Minister rejects cancer drugs plea

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:29:47 +0100

PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has rejected an MP's plea for him to intervene in the row about access to anti-dementia drugs.

Dementia drug companies to challenge High Court verdict

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:10:00 +0100

THE makers of anti-dementia drug Aricept will appeal against a High Court verdict yesterday upholding a ban on patients receiving treatment for the mild stages of Alzheimer's.

Dementia sufferers 'failed by system'

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:30:47 +0100

DEMENTIA sufferers are being failed by the system, Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis admitted yesterday.

Damning report of dementia 'failings'

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:35:11 +0100

THE Department of Health stands condemned today for failing thousands of dementia patients in desperate need of help.

Alzheimer’s drugs ‘are not cost effective’

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:37:00 +0100

NEW drugs for Alzheimer's disease were a very long way off being cost effective for mild sufferers, the High Court was told yesterday.

Outcry as dementia drug rules published

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:44:00 +0100

CONTROVERSIAL guidelines that will deny thousands of Alzheimer's sufferers access to dementia drugs were published today - and were immediately condemned as a "confusing mess".

The campaign must go on

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:43:00 +0100

LAST Friday, thousands of people in 30 towns and cities across the North-East and the wider country marched in the hope they could persuade the Government to disregard controversial advice from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) to restrict access to dementia drugs.