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20/05/2013

Kaye Adams asks whether Scotland is letting down cancer patients over the availability of cancer drugs in Scotland.

Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont has challenged the First Minister over the availability of cancer drugs in Scotland; saying we're in danger of exporting "health refugees" to England.
63-year-old bowel cancer patient Maureen Fleming and her husband are considering moving from Dunbartonshire to Newcastle in order to access the life-prolonging drug Cetuximab on the NHS. Paying privately for the treatment in Scotland would cost around Β£3,000 a month.
Campaigners have called for a Cancer Drugs Fund in Scotland to pay for cancer treatments such as Cetuximab, to match a Β£200m a year system in England.

Kaye Adams asks if Scotland's cancer patients are being let down. Call 0500 92 95 00, text 80295 or email callkaye@bbc.co.uk.

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Mon 20 May 2013 08:50
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