Tony Gavin has forwarded me the contents of the EDM. We will need a lot more MP's to sign up if it is to be effective- please contact your MP's to make them aware of it.
Sandy
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Alan Meale MP, at the request of a Leukaemia CARE member who visited him at his surgery, has tabled an Early Day Motion today titled; -
“NICE REVIEW OF CANCER DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA”
“That this House is alarmed that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) announced in its recent Appraisal Consultation document reviewing the use of the drugs Dasatinib, Nilotinib and high dose Imatinib for patients suffering from resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) that NICE had decided not to recommend NHS prescription of these life-saving cancer drugs for the treatment of this condition; is aware that currently more than 700 people in the UK discover annually they have CML, and that currently more than 3,000 people are living with it; notes recent clinical evidence has established that patients benefiting from these drugs who show continued positive response from their use are likely to establish a normal average life expectancy the same as that experienced by most of the nation's population; and calls on the Government to act immediately to ensure chronic leukaemia sufferers acquire these drugs to deal with their health condition.”
We need to get as many people as possible to encourage their own MP’s to sign up to this Early Day Motion ASAP. The EDM number is 1831, we already have 6 signatories – to ensure the motion stays open we need at least 10, but to get the Health Minister to sit up we need many more.
Tony Gavin
