05/10/2007
Tomlinsons Urge Government On Drug Trial
The family of charity fundraiser Jane Tomlinson and the NHS Trust that treated her will urge the Government to review guidelines concerning the availability of advanced trial drugs.
Mrs Tomlinson's husband Mike is to discuss nationwide discrepancies which saw his wife refused a drug in the last few months of her life which was available elsewhere in the UK.
Mr Tomlinson and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will ask the Government to change its policies in order to erase inconsistencies and prevent others from being refused treatment.
Mr Tomlinson said: "Jane Tomlinson has asked that following her death an ongoing serious national issue in the NHS be raised publicly. This is an issue which directly affected her care in the last few months of her life."
High profile charity fundraiser Jane, 43, lost her seven-year battle with terminal cancer in September this year.
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Mrs Tomlinson's husband Mike is to discuss nationwide discrepancies which saw his wife refused a drug in the last few months of her life which was available elsewhere in the UK.
Mr Tomlinson and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will ask the Government to change its policies in order to erase inconsistencies and prevent others from being refused treatment.
Mr Tomlinson said: "Jane Tomlinson has asked that following her death an ongoing serious national issue in the NHS be raised publicly. This is an issue which directly affected her care in the last few months of her life."
High profile charity fundraiser Jane, 43, lost her seven-year battle with terminal cancer in September this year.
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