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1398.... !! so near to 1400. If any of you can persuade people who might not have signed... husband/wife/daughter/son/sister/brother/cousin/neighbour etc etc then I can close it at 1400... we only need 2 more.

Thanks,

Sandy

Hi Sandy ,
I have just sent the link to 6 people i had not originally posted it on to, so fingers crossed anytime this afternoon it should reach it. Hope your well. Chris.

Hi Chris... well it obviously did the trick as we are now at 1411! I will decide what to do this weekend as I have spoken with a few people 'in the know' and it has been pointed out to me that as all politicians are suffering 'election fever' our petition might not hit the right spot. However, I have been advised to keep it open ended and running as I can download the current list of signatures at any one time. I have the names of the DH political advisors (who are the gatekeepers guarding access to ministers) and hope to start off by sending it to them with a carefully worded letter. At least we know that the NICE appraisal committee received it on the day of the ACD meeting. Whether it will make a difference is anybody's guess, but we can keep trying.

We gave our support to this weeks press statement from the MDS support group. They have just had a negative FAD from NICE .... see the BBC news link that Ian posted earlier this week. We need to join hands with other rare cancer groups if we are to save our health service from becoming a 'service for some but not for others'.

Thanks for your continued efforts ;o)

Sandy