Ah excess comparing two completely different things to show how much wasteful the labour govt…. oh wait… it’s tories now isn’t it.. which, of course, has nothing to do with it being a nice, hard working, middle class, mum…
Naturally, the details hidden in the text of the story is that the £25,000 “could” only extend the women’s life by just 10 weeks against the one that is already approved, is much cheeper, and nearly does the same thing.
Yeah, let’s just empty the public purse into the coffers of the global pharma industry on a couple of mights and maybes.
It’s a bloody horrible situation for anyone involved but sometimes, and I know this from personal experience, there’s just nothing that can be done – and evil c*nts in the press pretending otherwise are just beneath contempt,
I think Brown did a number of pro-England sporting gestures, notably backing the Olympic bid and the 2018 WC bid. This was arguably more applaudable than Cameron’s move, given that Brown isn’t English or represent an English constituency.
Is this really a case of Express journalists knowing better than the woman’s doctors, or are they just proposing the squandering of public money on drugs that would not have the claimed effects – or even have undesirable effects which outweigh any benefits – just to get an attention-grabbing story?
as I havent read the story I can’t claim to know the womans plight but if a drug works then nice (national institute for clinical excellence) tend to license it.
So I imagine this drug is being withheld on the NHS because
(a only a very small number of sufferers will get results from it- like hereceptin
(b it hasn’t been reviewed and found to be safe
or sadly, (c it costs too much.
“it costs too much” for the nhs is generally £30,000 per “QALY” gained by the patient- a quality adjusted life year or QALY is defined equivalent to one year of good health added to your life; so one QALY could be five years if you’re disabled or in pain.
In an ideal world cost would be no object, but how few lives does a drug have to save before “its not worth the cost”
Ah excess comparing two completely different things to show how much wasteful the labour govt…. oh wait… it’s tories now isn’t it.. which, of course, has nothing to do with it being a nice, hard working, middle class, mum…
Naturally, the details hidden in the text of the story is that the £25,000 “could” only extend the women’s life by just 10 weeks against the one that is already approved, is much cheeper, and nearly does the same thing.
Yeah, let’s just empty the public purse into the coffers of the global pharma industry on a couple of mights and maybes.
It’s a bloody horrible situation for anyone involved but sometimes, and I know this from personal experience, there’s just nothing that can be done – and evil c*nts in the press pretending otherwise are just beneath contempt,
I think Brown did a number of pro-England sporting gestures, notably backing the Olympic bid and the 2018 WC bid. This was arguably more applaudable than Cameron’s move, given that Brown isn’t English or represent an English constituency.
Is this really a case of Express journalists knowing better than the woman’s doctors, or are they just proposing the squandering of public money on drugs that would not have the claimed effects – or even have undesirable effects which outweigh any benefits – just to get an attention-grabbing story?
cameron to jump on this summer’s hottest bandwagon
as I havent read the story I can’t claim to know the womans plight but if a drug works then nice (national institute for clinical excellence) tend to license it.
So I imagine this drug is being withheld on the NHS because
(a only a very small number of sufferers will get results from it- like hereceptin
(b it hasn’t been reviewed and found to be safe
or sadly, (c it costs too much.
“it costs too much” for the nhs is generally £30,000 per “QALY” gained by the patient- a quality adjusted life year or QALY is defined equivalent to one year of good health added to your life; so one QALY could be five years if you’re disabled or in pain.
In an ideal world cost would be no object, but how few lives does a drug have to save before “its not worth the cost”