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Shock: British health system rationing killed 20,000 cancer patients

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Up to 20,000 people have died needlessly early after being denied cancer drugs on the NHS, it was revealed yesterday.

The rationing body NICE has failed to keep a promise to make more life-extending drugs available.

Treatments used widely in the U.S. and Europe have been rejected on grounds of cost-effectiveness, yet patients and their loved ones have seen the NHS waste astronomical sums.

Last week it emerged that £21billion – a fifth of the entire annual budget – was spent on failed schemes to tackle inequality.

Full story: NICE rejects cancer drugs that could have extended patients’ lives | Mail Online