Commenting on a statement by the Association of Directors of Public Health that NHS patients should contribute towards the cost of some routine operations, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb MP said:
Most NHS prescription charges in England should be scrapped and applied to "ineffective treatments" instead, NHS public health chiefs say. The Association of Directors of Public Health said rising demands on the NHS will lead to more rationing.
Standards in education for students with learning difficulties in further education is "uneven", Ofsted says.
Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, David Laws MP and Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Women and Equality, Lorely Burt MP, have secured concessions from the Government for better pensions for voluntary carers in a debate in the House of Commons this week.
Campaigners have lost an appeal to make a bowel cancer drug widely available on the NHS. Charities Cancer backup and Bowel Cancer UK appealed against a decision by the health watchdog to reject the drug Erbitux (cetuximab) for use on the NHS. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) ruled last August that Erbitux was not cost-effective.
Eight out of ten of people support a law change to allow doctors to actively end the lives of terminally ill patients who want to die, a poll shows. However only 60% supported doctors prescribing, but not administering, drugs someone could use to end their own life. The British Social Attitudes report surveyed 3,000 people.
