How Can the NHS Play Lottery With Who Recieves What Care?

Published July 23, 2010

Question by Finance Expert: How can the NHS play lottery with who recieves what care?
My grandad has been diagnosed with wet macular degeneration and has been told he will go blind unless he has injections of avastin.

However, the NHS have refused to pay for his treatment. The drug costs £700 per injection and he will need at least nine to prevent total blindness.

Whilst we are fortunate enough to have a big family willing to chip in and fund his treatment my concern is all the others out there who need this drug but don’t have the means to pay for it.

AMD can lead to blindness in as little as three months, but it can be reversed with prompt treatment.

Please join this group if you feel the NHS should be paying for avastin – also a life-saving anti-cancer drug – and share your stories.

PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION AT – http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Avastin/

Best answer:

Answer by DaisyCake
That’s really unfortunate. I feel for your grandfather. You’re lucky to have such a large and generous family.

But let me jump on my soapbox and point out that this is why I don’t want socialised medicine in the US. You’re going to pay out more than what the average worker in the US pays for a year of family coverage.

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