[GayeParticipant]

I saw on Breakfast this morning that NICE is to be stripped of its powers to decide who can and cannot have new drugs on the NHS. Sadly it won't happen until 2014 but the decision has been made. For all of us who fought for Velcade and Revlimid to become available and with new therapies coming on stream this has to be the news we have waited for. I suppose it will be seeing it to believe it but it looks as though many cancer patients will no longer have to go through the agony of being denied life-extending or even life-saving drugs.

Best wishes, Gaye

[brochoParticipant]

Good morning Gaye I just finished reading about NICE being stripped of of its power to refuse or sanction drugs too Lets hope they dont replace one system with another!!Am I right in thinking gps will now decide? Either way its going in the right direction As Tom says onwards and upwards!!x

[GayeParticipant]

Good point Bridget about who decides. With the GPs supposed to be taking over all the cash I have misgivings about their generosity when you think of some GPs. BUT, they will be medical rather than lay people who currently decide so hopefully it will be better. Only time will tell but to give NICE its marching orders is everything it deserves. Tatty bye NICE!
Love, Gaye xx

[MinParticipant]

Nice to see that they will be feeling uncomfortable.. If they are to be made redundant it will be Nice to see them wrigglng uncomfortably at decisions made by some faceless beaurocrat! Give them a taste of what its like to have life changing decisions over which they will have no control. Mmm what goes around comes around!
Min

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