The Northern Echo | End NHS Injustice

Patients welcome cancer drugs cash

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:41:34 +0100

CANCER patients who have been denied access to new drugs have welcomed news that the Government is to fully fund the £200m Cancer Drug Fund.

Fears spending cuts will hit cancer drugs

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:53:02 +0100

CANCER charities were delighted earlier this year when the Conservatives pledged to set up a £200m fund to help patients get access to expensive new drugs.

Cancer patients to benefit from extra drugs funding

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:16:23 +0100

MORE than 200 North-East cancer patients will benefit from extra NHS funding for drugs.

Cancer patient takes fight to PM

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:06:01 +0100

A CANCER sufferer who was told he was an ideal patient for a new drug wants to meet Prime Minister David Cameron after the NHS turned down a funding application from one of the top specialists in Europe.

Cancer fund to be decided regionally

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:58:53 +0100

MORE details have emerged of how the Government’s £50m emergency cancer drug fund will be allocated.

Anger as Nice denies cancer patient life-extending drug

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:17:18 +0100

A CANCER patient denied a new drug by the NHS has reacted angrily after an official from the coalition Government told him steps are being taken to ensure better access to life-extending treatment.

Cancer sufferer is denied operation in France by NHS

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:31:32 +0000

A FORMER nurse battling a rare cancer says she feels let down by the NHS after she was denied funding for a potentially lifeextending operation in France.

Cancer sufferers first to try drug

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:18:40 +0100

NORTH-EAST patients with certain types of blood cancer will be among the first in the country to benefit from a new drug after NHS officials agreed to provide funding.

Echo challenges Nice: ‘Show the dying more compassion’

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:32:47 +0100

THE Northern Echo has challenged the national drugs watchdog to show more compassion to dying cancer patients.

Nice under fire for decision not to fund liver cancer drug

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:04:22 +0100

A NORTH-EAST liver cancer specialist says she is very disappointed that desperately-ill patients will not benefit from a new life-extending drug which is widely available across Europe.