"Health cuts are killing me" Sobbing cancer patient denied treatment tells David Cameron

[atomic_joe2]

DAVID Cameron was yesterday confronted by a sobbing cancer sufferer demanding to know why he is spending £12billion on aid while she cannot get treatment

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[mephisto5]

...well this is a load of uncited, racist bullshit.

NHS funding is going to remain roughly the same, year on year, in real terms throughout the coalition. The coalition has cut the rate of increase in NHS funding, NOT NHS funding itself.

Yes, I guess it's sad that this cancer patient won't get funding for an unspecified treatment in Germany, but I'd have a lot more confidence in this article if it actually stated what that treatment was and whether it conformed to NICE guidelines for effectiveness etc.

I'd also have a lot more sympathy were I not in my 14th month of waiting to even get a first appointment at a gender identity clinic and were it not exceedingly likely that I'll have to write begging letters to the local council to get my ~£120 /month hormone treatment and ~£5000 top surgery - never mind that the provision of both is mandated by NHS guidelines, councils still try and block them. Seems like the only time money limits/waiting lists matter is when they affect cis people.Anyway, foreign aid money is basically a drop in

[poetic_pixie_13]

Ugh, I'm sorry about the wait for an appointment, bb. I hope you can get all that you need soon.

Generally illness only matters if it's affecting white, straight cis people, this is true. =/

[polietics]

*a trillion cuddles*

[jettakd]

Sending you the best wishes for your progress.

[octoberstarlite]

They may be keeping their funding level but trusts are having to repay massive amounts of money in instalments that are impossible and are crippling under this govt and so massive cuts are being made just so they can meet the govt payments and just so the coalition can say they aren't cutting the NHS budget. My auntie works for the Aneurin Bevan trust and is involved in all of this and just cried her eyes out the other day about it and how terrified she is for the future of the trust. She said it wont last much longer, a trust in the name of the man who created this wonderful system. It's a disgrace. I wont argue that Labour is better, all 3 disgust me with the way their treating this service and people aren't aware of just what is really going on. I don't trust the bloody lot of them.