Rejected petition Stop cuts to the NHS, allow cancer patients to receive the treatment they need!

Health officials have just announced sweeping restrictions on treatment, which will mean more than 5,000 cancer patients will be denied life-extending drugs under plans which is a step backwards for the NHS, In total, 17 cancer drugs for 25 different indications will no longer be paid for in future.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/11844314/Thousands-of-cancer-patients-to-be-denied-treatment.html

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Date submitted 6 September 2015
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