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SCOTLAND?S medicines chief has insisted it is sometimes ?OK to say no? to lifesaving drugs, if they do not come at a fair price for the NHS.
Professor Angela Timoney, chairwoman of the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), defended the decision to deny patients treatments which are available south of the Border.
Speaking at the Scottish Parliament?s health committee, she told MSPs that ?somebody needs to say that?s more than we?re prepared to pay? for certain drugs.
Prof Timoney did not say which drugs might be considered too expensive. However, campaigners claim there are 19 cancer drugs available on the NHS in England which are not offered to patients in Scotland.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/nhs-chief-ok-to-deny-patients-lifesaving-drugs-1-2939308
Professor Angela Timoney, chairwoman of the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), defended the decision to deny patients treatments which are available south of the Border.
Speaking at the Scottish Parliament?s health committee, she told MSPs that ?somebody needs to say that?s more than we?re prepared to pay? for certain drugs.
Prof Timoney did not say which drugs might be considered too expensive. However, campaigners claim there are 19 cancer drugs available on the NHS in England which are not offered to patients in Scotland.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/nhs-chief-ok-to-deny-patients-lifesaving-drugs-1-2939308