Summary
HEALTH chiefs are failing to follow official guidelines on offering patients the latest drugs for serious conditions such as brain tumours, cancer, Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
An investigation into the performance of health boards in prescribing new medicines has found that Scots patients are still victims of a postcode lottery, despite strict guidelines to eliminate disparities in the issuing of drugs.See the full content of this document
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Patients Denied Drugs in Postcode Lottery
Many boards have admitted they have not included certain new drugs on their official prescribing lists a year after they were approved by a national committee of experts, the Scottish Medici...
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