The European commission has been asked to investigate whether the "postcode lottery" of NHS cancer drug funding breaks European anti-discrimination laws. The request comes from Chris Heaton-Harris, the Conservative MEP for East Midlands, whose constituent Russ Jones has been denied NHS funding for the life-prolonging drug Sutent, although primary care trusts in some parts of the country are paying for patients to have the treatment.
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Challenge to NHS funding lottery - BBC Health News 2nd September 2007
Europe asked to rule on funds for cancer drug - The Guardian 3rd September 2007
Monday, September 03, 2007
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