Tuesday 13 March 2018

'Shameful': widespread outrage over man denied NHS cancer care

'Shameful': widespread outrage over man denied NHS cancer care ‘Indefensible’ that Londoner living in UK for 44 years was told to pay upfront for treatment

Politicians, doctors and cancer charities have responded with outrage to the case of a Londoner asked to pay £54,000 for cancer treatment because he was unable to provide evidence of residency, despite having lived here for 44 years.

Albert Thompson, 63, arrived in the UK from Jamaica as a teenager in 1973, and has lived here continuously ever since. He is currently not receiving the radiotherapy treatment he needs for prostate cancer because the London hospital where he was due to be treated told him he needed to provide proof of residency or pay upfront for treatment. Continue reading... The Guardian

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