MANY readers will have heard about the proposal by the Government's advisory body on health treatments to stop prescribing beta interferon for people with multiple sclerosis.
The postcode lottery that Labour said it would stop is going to be the norm not the exception.
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence does not argue with the scientific evidence that these drugs work, but claims they are not cost effective.
Tell that to the many people including my wife Rose who may not get the chance to live a more or less normal life because her doctor did not prescribe the drugs soon enough.
I think this ruling is a great injustice because there are no other treatments for MS that alter the course of this terrible disease.
If you agree with me please show your support by writing to Alan Milburn, Secretary of State for Health, Richmond House, Whitehall, London SW1A 2NS.
IAN ROWE
Barbury Close, Swindon
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