Archive for category: General
12
September
2014

Focus on cancer drugs inequity

Cancer Focus NI has welcomed the Health Committee’s commitment to investigate why a UK-wide deal between Government and industry isn’t delivering equal access to cancer drugs. At its first scheduled meeting after Summer recess, the Assembly’s Health Committee agreed to call officials from the Depart...

04
July
2014

Meeting Minister on Equal Access

Cancer patients and charities, headed by Cancer Focus NI, held an ‘encouraging’ meeting with Health Minister Edwin Poots on July 3 2014 to discuss equal access to cancer drugs for Northern Ireland. Mr Poots  said he was firmly committed to finding a speedy, politically acceptable resolut...

17
June
2014

Equal Access Campaign

We called on you to pledge your support for our campaign for Equal Access to life-prolonging cancer drugs for patients in Northern Ireland. More than 70,000 local people responded and pledged their support on line or in writing. We’d like to thank everyone who helped in any way with this campa...