Monthly Archives: July 2011
The decision not to recommend Halaven deprived thousands of women of hope
Lift ban on cancer drug, says woman who it has helped
Health bosses were today urged to reverse their ban on a life-extending breast cancer drug.
Trials show that Halaven can give some patients an extra few months of life. But today the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence banned the breakthrough treatment, which works by blocking tumour growth.
They are not recommending it for patients with advanced breast cancer because they say it is not cost-effective at an average £9,390 for a full course – equivalent to five treatment cycles.
Now one of the first British patients to benefit from the drug, an experimental treatment derived from a chemical found in sea sponges, has called on Nice to think again.
State-of- the-art care home could be completed by the end of next year
Joy as £6m care site takes shape
WORK on a long-awaited state-of- the-art care home could be completed by the end of next year.
Grwp Gwalia’s new nursing care home on land to the rear of the existing Mynydd Mawr Hospital in Upper Tumble looks on track to be completed by the end of 2012.
A spokeswoman for Gwalia — the care and housing provider — said: “Since March the foundations and other groundworks have been completed and the building’s footprint is now starting to take shape.
NHS and local government team up with Age UK to improve care for older people
The commission hopes to report its findings in Spring 2012 but what happens between now and then.
Source : Age UK / NHS Confederation / LG Group
Published on 20 July 2011 12:30 AM
The NHS Confederation, Local Government Group (LG Group) and Age UK are joining forces to establish a commission on improving dignity in care provided to older patients in hospitals and care homes
