Health chiefs have announced that twenty-five different cancer treatments will no longer be funded by the NHS in England, . 'NHS England announced the step after it emerged the £280m Cancer Drugs Fund - for drugs not routinely available - was to go £100m over budget in 2014/15. Some drugs will be removed and others restricted - a move charities say could leave some without crucial treatments.' (BBC News, 12 January) Another example of government cuts coming before essential treatment for the working class. RD
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This fund was a politically opportunistic policy of Cameron. Why single out cancer victim for special treatment compared with many other illnesses. All health within the NHS is a compromise rationing system. But even in socialism we will still require a criteria about what resources to devote to particular diseases. Will we produce drugs that extend life for a matter of weeks ...or would we have a hospice service that makes death dignified?
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