[Margaret Pilkington]

I think both....there has been news from Karol Sikora...a cancer specialist who considers that it is a waste of money to try and prolong life in patients who are considered to be suffering from Terminal Cancer.
And ex pats are reporting that they are having to pay for prescriptions which were previously free.

To be honest I think all health providers are struggling with finances at present....they are expected to make savings on their budgets to satisfy some of the government cutbacks in public service finance....many of the PCTs are crippled by payback to PFI schemes too.
There was one transgender patient in the paper last night who has been refused breast augmentation........I don't think PCTs can afford such things....if they can refuse a little girl life saving treatment for cancer, Ok, I know they did a U turn, but to me, the life saving treatment has to come first.