catherine burns
@cathburns
Health Correspondent for BBC News
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11-02-2009 17:54:22
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MJA member catherine burns covering the sensitive issue of NICE decisions vs patients' lives here:
More than a thousand patients with advanced breast cancer are being denied a drug that can keep them alive for longer. “It's deeply unjust that patients are caught in a stand-off between NICE and the pharma companies” - our chief exec Claire Rowney bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
‘To make decisions which stop us living fully doesn’t make any sense’ Why has a drug that can extend life for advanced breast cancer patients not been made available on the NHS? anita rani hears from Kate Wills, one of the women affected by the decision on Enhertu ⬇️
The former Health Secretary Victoria Atkins has written to her successor Wes Streeting about the story we're doing today - Enhertu - a drug certain breast cancer patients can't get on the NHS in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. But they can in Scotland.
Detailed piece from Smitha Mundasad and catherine burns about the growing waiting list for gynaecology care in the UK and what it means for women left in agony bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…