Cancer fund has led to 'devastating divide' in treatment

Equal funding could be achieved across the nation at an extra cost of £1 per person per year for residents of Wales and England who are not able to access the fund, the Rarer Cancers Foundation (RCF) added. It found that people in Wales were five times less likely to get access to a newer cancer drug on the NHS than those in England, while those in Scotland were three times less likely. If funding and access levels were the same nationwide, it would benefit 159 more patients a year in Wales and 248 in Scotland. The charity's Nation Divided? report took aim at both the Scottish and ...