NICE and sleazy does it.
What would you do with £54 Million?
This is around the amount of money it would take to fund the treatment of 3,000 blood cancer sufferers in England with a condition called multiple myeloma. Velcade is the only licensed drug for people with this condition, a drug which is in available for use in Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
A good use of money? - apparently not. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has refused to approve Velcade for use in England on the NHS, saying it is not 'cost-effective'. See here.
Velcade puts the cancer into remission and dramatically improve life expectancy for it's sufferer's and is available in every other developed country in the world.
It struck me, skimming through the accounts of the political parties, that this is the kind of figure it costs to keep the 2 major political parties afloat each year (around £24M for the Conservatives and £34M for Labour).
Where would you prefer to see your money going - the treatment of 3,000 cancer patients or state funding of political parties?
This is around the amount of money it would take to fund the treatment of 3,000 blood cancer sufferers in England with a condition called multiple myeloma. Velcade is the only licensed drug for people with this condition, a drug which is in available for use in Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
A good use of money? - apparently not. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has refused to approve Velcade for use in England on the NHS, saying it is not 'cost-effective'. See here.
Velcade puts the cancer into remission and dramatically improve life expectancy for it's sufferer's and is available in every other developed country in the world.
It struck me, skimming through the accounts of the political parties, that this is the kind of figure it costs to keep the 2 major political parties afloat each year (around £24M for the Conservatives and £34M for Labour).
Where would you prefer to see your money going - the treatment of 3,000 cancer patients or state funding of political parties?
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