I've just seen a report on the BBC News that NICE has recommended that cancer drugs can no longer be funded.
What worried me is that, while people can pay for these drugs themselves (the cost is astronomical, £1000 a month was quoted), those who choose to do so then are regarded as private patients, and have to pay for hospital appointments, in-patient treatments, etc. Co-payment is not allowed.
I just wondered what implications this has for people who pay for their own Alzheimer's drugs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6652183.stm
What worried me is that, while people can pay for these drugs themselves (the cost is astronomical, £1000 a month was quoted), those who choose to do so then are regarded as private patients, and have to pay for hospital appointments, in-patient treatments, etc. Co-payment is not allowed.
I just wondered what implications this has for people who pay for their own Alzheimer's drugs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6652183.stm
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