Macmillan Cancer Support Response To Gordon Brown's Speech, UK Responding to Gordon Brown's announcement that
prescriptions charges are to be scrapped for cancer patients in England Ciaran Devane, Chief Executive at Macmillan Cancer Support said: "We are absolutely delighted the Government has listened to us. Cancer patients in England have been struggling to pay these unfair charges for too long and it is great news that they will no longer face this added burden when they are fighting cancer.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudy Highlights Possible Risk Of Heart Attack Linked To COPD Medication But More Research Is Needed, British Lung Foundation British Lung Foundation statement in response to research showing that medications commonly prescribed for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke. 'Anticholinergic agents are a very useful and important medication for a large number of people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)' says Dr Keith Prowse, Chairman of the British Lung Foundation.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comRoyal Pharmaceutical Society Of Great Britain Supports Free Prescriptions Commenting on the promise to abolish
prescription charges for cancer patients, the Chair of the English Pharmacy Board of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Beth Taylor said: "This is good news for those affected by cancer. It is unfair for cancer patients to have to deal with the added financial burden of
prescription charges and we see at first hand the anguish that this can cause.
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