Health service gave 74000 cancer patients drugs rejected by the medicines regulator but does not know whether their lives were extended,the NAO saysThe NHS has spent nearly 1bn giving 74000 cancer patients drugs rejected by the medicines regulator but does not know whether they contain extended their lives, the National Audit Office has said. In a new report released on Thursday, and the NAO castigated the NHS and Department of Health’s failure to collect data on the outcomes experienced by patients helped by the Cancer Drugs Fund as a major weakness. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com