NHS drugs lottery

'NHS snub forced me to buy cancer treatment abroad'

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

A CANCER patient forced to pay for pioneering treatment in Germany has called on the NHS to ensure no-one else has to go through the same ordeal.

Janet Ashmore says patients from other countries receive Government funding to travel for the treatment she had to pay for...

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Viv wins £13,000 cancer drug refund

Friday, February 05, 2010

A HEALTH trust has refunded £13,000 to a cancer sufferer forced to pay for Herceptin privately, after telling her she can now have the drug on...

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Drug firm pays for cancer-fight jabs

SUPPORT: Pam Davenport and husband Alan celebrate the news that she will receive a drug for her cancer treatment free for the next six months. Picture: Clare Jennings

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

A DRUG company is paying for treatment denied to a breast cancer patient by the NHS. Pam Davenport has been using her savings to pay for Avastin...

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MUM NEEDS £16,000 TO STAY ALIVE

Saturday, December 26, 2009

CANCER sufferer Viv Foster has lost her appeal to have Herceptin on the NHS. The snub leaves 52-year-old Viv needing to find at least £16,000...

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Mum wins battle for life-saving cancer drug

Monday, August 10, 2009

MOTHER-OF-TWO Bernice Sowter has won her fight to be treated with a drug which will save her life. The leukaemia sufferer lost her appeal to be given...

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Campaigner forced to shell out for her first course of Herceptin treatment

Monday, August 10, 2009

HERCEPTIN campaigner Viv Foster has received her first dose of the life-saving medication – but she has had to foot the bill herself. Breast...

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Campaigner has to shell out for first treatment

Monday, August 10, 2009

HERCEPTIN campaigner Viv Foster has received her first dose of the life-saving medication – but she has had to foot the bill herself. Breast...

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Treatment brings hope – but at a personal cost

THERE'S HOPE: Pam Davenport is planning to appeal against NHS Stoke-on-Trent's decision to refuse to fund her Avastin treatment. Picture: Shaun Smith

Monday, August 10, 2009

BREAST cancer sufferer Pam Davenport is sending a message of hope to other patients after a new treatment reduced her tumours by half. Now the retired...

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Cancer mum loses treatment appeal

Monday, July 20, 2009

MOTHER-OF-TWO Bernice Sowter has lost her appeal to be treated with a drug which could save her life. Mrs Sowter's leukaemia is currently not being...

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