Update 24 February 2017: NHS England reinstates funding to 2nd stem cell transplants thanks to your support! Read More Here Early in 2016 a MDS patient was denied a potentially life- saving 2nd bone marrow transplant despite showing a good chance of being cured by this 2nd treatment.After 4 months of waiting, spent in and […]
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24 February 2017: NHS England reinstates funding to 2nd stem cell transplants thanks to your support. Read More Here Patients with WM (Waldenstroem) are denied live-saving stem cell transplant treatmentYou may have read or heard about the recent legal case involving a HIV patient advocacy group, NHS England and local commissioning groups. The outcome has […]
Read full storyThe Cancer Drug Fund (CDF) de-listing further drugs Many blood cancer patients are about to face more severe issues of access to treatment, following the announcement that the CDF is de-listing further drugs in order to balance its budget. Twelve of these are blood cancer drugs. None of the cuts affect MDS patients, but the […]
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