Wednesday 25 August 2010

British Cancer Patients Come Last

Most people have been touched by the devastating effect of cancer, this horrible disease that robs so many people of their lives at an early age, is one that I would like to see conquered by the medical profession. The devastation cancer causes to families, is something I will never have the ability to fully describe in words.
But I know from personal experience, that every extra day that can be given to a sufferer and their family is priceless. And everything must be done to give as long a life as possible.
Avastin is a drug that gives bowel cancer sufferers more quality time, although it's expensive, it's a drug that should be made available to all who needs it. I think the price of the drug could be brought down as with many other drugs, that the NHS seems to get charged a fortune for.
I don't know why the government has not called for a total revue, into the manufacture, supply and cost of these drugs before now, but it needs to be done so that tax payers get value for money and patients get the care and drugs they deserve.
UKIP would call for a total revue of all drug supplies to the NHS.
The other side of this of course, is the fact the NHS is now more like the world health service, with anyone from abroad able to come to this country and get free health care. No need for insurance here in the UK, even although we need to pay for insurance if we travel abroad. No just turn up and get treated.
This has seen a massive rise in whats called health tourism, where people come to the UK to get treated or give birth. If they manage to pop a child out whilst here, hey presto under absurd EU human rights laws, the kid gets classed as British and they get to stay here. But I digress, what I am trying to say is that its costing the NHS millions a year, and it's all coming out the same pot of money. The knock on effect is simply the level of care, or should that be the price of care afforded to each patient has to come down, because simply the pot of money has to treat more people. This simply has to stop. No Insurance, no treatment. Soft touch Britain has to stop.
Also British patients are being forced to die early, whilst our government still sees fit to pour £9 Billion a year disguised as foreign aid, into the bank accounts of despot governments, or into countries that simply hate us, and our way of life. This has to stop, and other countries around the world really must start taking responsibility for their own affairs. I have nothing against us and would actively encourage Britain exporting expertise, and help on a more logistics based agenda to countries that genuinely want to improve the lives of their people. But pouring money hand over foot into these countries has to stop, whilst the people who provide that money via taxes are left to die early. Its time for a government that puts British people first.
I wont go into what we could do, with the £40 Million a DAY, yes a DAY that we give to the EU, for our ticket into the club of corrupt lying thieves, but £40 Million a day would go an awful long way to providing the care and drugs that British tax payers should get from the NHS as well as a whole host of other problems our country faces.

Article here.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

British cancer patients will always come last as long as they are fed the same old NHS treatment options of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. There are many other treatments out there the public are being denied. It doesn't help that, as in this case, the pharmacutical companies are using the patient groups to push their expensive and mostly uneffective new products with many side effects. For real information on other options go to www.canceractive.com

UKIP Aberdeen said...

I agree Peter the side effects listed on the Avistin website really are scary.

But it all boils down to the UK tax payer getting a raw deal. And the usual suspects are behind it.