Thursday 28 August 2014

Cancer Drugs Fund gets £160m more for innovative treatments

Cancer Drugs Fund gets £160m more for innovative treatments

Fund that helps patients receive pioneering medicines not routinely funded by the NHS will be extended to 2016

Thousands more cancer patients in England will be offered vital treatments in a £160m boost to the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), the Department of Health said today.

The fund, which has helped more than 55,000 cancer patients since it was set up four years ago, will be increased from £200m a year to £280m a year. Guardian
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