#cancer-treatment-access

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Public health
fromIndependent
4 days ago

'It is awful to tell someone that if they had health insurance they could have these new treatments' - calls to end cancer 'drug divide' in Irish healthcare

Public cancer patients in Ireland lack access to powerful new cancer drugs available to insured patients; specialists propose a co-funded early-access programme to address inequity.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Postcode lottery for new cancer treatments, doctors warn

NHS bureaucracy and complex funding processes in England create a postcode lottery, restricting patient access to advanced cancer treatments such as SABR.
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