Rent a home in Scotland and get cancer drugs free, QC tells English patients - The Times 14th November 2007

English cancer patients should rent a second home in Scotland to gain access to drugs not available in England, an expert on NHS law suggested yesterday. Anybody who “resides ordinarily” in Scotland is entitled to the drugs free, said Nigel Giffin, QC. Establishing residence could be as simple as renting a flat north of the Border while retaining a home in England. The NHS in Scotland would be obliged to treat such a person after even a short period of “residence” at a possible cost of more than £10,000 a year. Mr Giffin was asked by the Western Provident Association, a private medical insurer, to give advice on the law.

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