Bowel cancer patients fear cost of treatment break

Campaigners are warning that bowel cancer patients are frightened to take a break from their treatment because they may end up having to pay for it.

 

Patients are currently only eligible for two specialist drugs through the NHS if they do not have a break of six weeks or more.

 

Genevieve Edwards, chief executive of charity Bowel Cancer UK, said she was saddened to hear that people continued to be worried about being eligible for “vital NHS treatment”.

 

Ms Edwards said “What advanced bowel cancer patients need is certainty that taking a short break from these life-extending drugs won’t result in a disruption to their care, or leave them worrying about having to fund their own treatment.”

 

A spokesperson from NHS England said “The NHS is currently reviewing the treatment break policy with input from several charities.”

 

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Posted by Tony May, Partner/head of Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.

 

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