We lost a fellow Chelsea fan this week from cancer, a very brave young lady, so lets all help & please share the link & get everyone you know to sign it. thank you.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2570257-john-terry-leads-tribues-to-young-chelsea-fan-taken-by-cancer

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/107045

Bumped.

Can this be shared on the Chelsea Fbook page?

So sad,rip.

SIGNED ... Having went through treatment for Orophangeal cancer (had same HPV virus that causes Cervical cancer) and had 2 Chemo and 30 radiotherapy sessions, have got the all clear for the moment and i'm now just starting to feel normal again (managed to get to Goodison for Everton away), whilst i was in hospital met a few who had cancer and it was an absolute tragedy to see youngsters having to face up to this horrible disease ... please share

SIGNED ... Having went through treatment for Orophangeal cancer (had same HPV virus that causes Cervical cancer) and had 2 Chemo and 30 radiotherapy sessions, have got the all clear for the moment and i'm now just starting to feel normal again (managed to get to Goodison for Everton away), whilst i was in hospital met a few who had cancer and it was an absolute tragedy to see youngsters having to face up to this horrible disease ... please share

Good to hear your getting back to normal hope it stays that way

SIGNED ... Having went through treatment for Orophangeal cancer (had same HPV virus that causes Cervical cancer) and had 2 Chemo and 30 radiotherapy sessions, have got the all clear for the moment and i'm now just starting to feel normal again (managed to get to Goodison for Everton away), whilst i was in hospital met a few who had cancer and it was an absolute tragedy to see youngsters having to face up to this horrible disease ... please share

Fingers crossed for your continued recovery.

just seen and now signed 

This is the Govt response to the petition,

 

Government responded:

The Government remains committed to ensuring patients have faster access to effective cancer drugs and the Cancer Drugs Fund has helped over 72,000 people in England receive life-extending drugs.

The Government recognises the importance of having access to new and promising treatments for people affected by cancer and firmly believes that clinically appropriate drugs that are established as cost-effective should be routinely available to NHS patients. This year £340 million has been invested in the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) and 72,000 people in England have so far received the life-extending cancer drugs that would not otherwise have been routinely available to them. 

NHS England is responsible for the operational management of the Fund. 

Advances in medical science mean that new cancer medicines are emerging all the time and NHS England needs to regularly prioritise its national CDF list. 

Decisions on which treatments are included on the national CDF list are made by the CDF expert clinical panel because it is right these decisions are clinically led. 

The panel includes expert oncologists, oncology pharmacists and patient representatives. 

Where a drug has been removed from the national CDF list as a result of the re-prioritisation process, any patients currently receiving the treatment under the CDF will continue treatment until they and their clinician consider it appropriate to stop. In addition, clinicians can make Individual Cancer Drug Funding Requests (ICDFRs) on the grounds of clinical exceptionality. 

NHS England is currently considering proposals for evolving the CDF in a more sustainable way. At its meeting on 23 July 2015, the NHS England Board set out proposals for the Fund and agreed that any proposals should be subject to public consultation later in the year. 

More generally, the Government takes the issue of ensuring rapid access to innovative therapies very seriously, which is why it has launched an Accelerated Access Review, independently led by Sir Hugh Taylor, to make recommendations to Government on speeding up access for NHS patients to innovative and cost effective new technologies. 

The aim of the review is to ensure that the UK is the fastest place in the world for the design, development and widespread adoption of medical innovations so that innovative medicines, devices, diagnostics and digital products get to NHS patients as quickly and safely as possible. 

The Review will make recommendations to Government by the Spring of 2016 and an interim report will be published later in the Autumn. More information can be found on the Government website at 

www.gov.uk

 by searching for ‘accelerated access review’. 

Department of Health

Click this link to view the response online:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/107045?reveal_response=yes

The Petitions Committee will take a look at this petition and its response. They can press the government for action and gather evidence. If this petition reaches 100,000 signatures, the Committee will consider it for a debate.

The Committee is made up of 11 MPs, from political parties in government and in opposition. It is entirely independent of the Government. Find out more about the Committee: https://petition.parliament.uk/help#petitions-committee

Thanks,
The Petitions team
UK Government and Parliament

Terrible

signed

Received the following email this morning.

 

You recently signed the petition "The Cancer Drug Fund (CDF) is not fit for purpose and needs to be replaced":
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/107045

On Tuesday 20 October there was a House of Commons debate in Westminster Hall on the availability of cancer drugs. A Government Minister took part in the debate and responded to the points raised.

You can find more information and watch/ listen to the debate or read the transcript by visiting:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2015/october/westminster-hall-debates-20-october-2015/

You can follow the House of Commons on Twitter: @HouseofCommons

Thanks,
The Petitions team
UK Government and Parliament

Edited October 21, 201510 yr by Boyne