The patricia hewitt watch. Day one.



http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article320811.ece

" Last month, a nurse, Barbara Clark, shamed Somerset Primary Care
Trust into providing the drug, which costs around £20,000 for a year's
treatment, after threatening to take her case to the European Court of
Human Rights.

Following Ms Clark's victory, Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary,
pledged Herceptin would be available to all newly diagnosed patients
with breast cancer who were suitable for it. Existing patients would
have to apply for funding to their health authorities on a case by case
basis the health department said."

20 grand a year to keep a woman alive. How interesting.

Interesting that she hasn't pledged 20 grand a year research for
every man with prostate cancer.

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