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NICE? I don't think so.
This petition was published by Sandy Craine on May 10, 2011
We call upon the Secretary of State for Health, to stand by his words when he promised us that a reformed NHS would give UK patients “real choice for the first time”.
The draft determination of The National Institute of Clinical Health and Excellence (NICE) which is a refusal to recommended 2nd line life saving therapy for CML patients who are resistant to 1st line therapy flies in the face of his promise.
If this cynical cost saving decision is ratified, NICE will deny CML patients living in England, Wales and Northern Ireland the choices, available to those north of the border in Scotland and other Western democratic EU Nation States, that grant them the basic human right to live out a normal life expectancy.
Confirmation of this recommendation will mean the “one chance” offer at diagnosis will be the “last chance” for the majority of those unfortunate enough to exhibit resistance to standard dose imatinib.
Please lend your support to our appeal that NICE recognise the reality of targeted cancer therapies and personalised medicine by reconsidering its decision to deny these undoubted clinically effective therapies to all UK citizens living south of the Scottish border.
We want “real choice” rather than “no choice” for all UK CML patients.
The draft determination of The National Institute of Clinical Health and Excellence (NICE) which is a refusal to recommended 2nd line life saving therapy for CML patients who are resistant to 1st line therapy flies in the face of his promise.
If this cynical cost saving decision is ratified, NICE will deny CML patients living in England, Wales and Northern Ireland the choices, available to those north of the border in Scotland and other Western democratic EU Nation States, that grant them the basic human right to live out a normal life expectancy.
Confirmation of this recommendation will mean the “one chance” offer at diagnosis will be the “last chance” for the majority of those unfortunate enough to exhibit resistance to standard dose imatinib.
Please lend your support to our appeal that NICE recognise the reality of targeted cancer therapies and personalised medicine by reconsidering its decision to deny these undoubted clinically effective therapies to all UK citizens living south of the Scottish border.
We want “real choice” rather than “no choice” for all UK CML patients.
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