That report is purest bollocks, gonz.
It's from a right wing think tank run by a bloke who made his fortune in private health care and whose basic aim is to dismantle the NHS and replace it with a US-style private insurance system.

The clue should have been in the fact that the story is only running in the Mail and Standard.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:10, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Still though, 8 months I've been waiting, since mid-dec, that's not right by any stretch of the imagination.
Apparenlty, according to the PALS person, they meet up for a few hours once a month to diguss funding for treatments that are given outside of their PCT. I don't see how that's right.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:20, Reply)

Sorry Gonz, but there will like as not be a good reason for this.
Drugs aren't cheap. We can't just all have whatever we want. There has to be a "value" judgement. Not because your treatment isn't important, but because there has to be an assessment of what else could be done with the money.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:23, Reply)

They aren't cheap, deffo, but they're cheaper than an operation and having someone not be able to work and pay tax on that work for a year that it'd take for recovery.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:41, Reply)

It really doesn't work like that.
And I bet you they aren't cheaper. Sorry, I know this is a late reply, work got in the way.

Chrone's is a chronic indication. You'd need the drugs all your life. That's probably a few hundred thousand quid at least.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 11:52, Reply)

That does sound a bit shit.
But resources are finite and the people who form the funding panel have real jobs - they're generally made up of senior medical staff.

If you want more money spent on your treatment then there are only really two choices: go private or support a better-funded NHS. Reading the NHS-hating Daily Mail and getting annoyed about it isn't helping anybody.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:24, Reply)

To be fair, I heard about it on LBC and TalkSport, and then just googled it so I can link to it on here.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 29 Jul 2011, 10:42, Reply)