Equal Access to Cancer Drugs Campaign

Cancer Focus NI launched a three month campaign in June 2014 in partnership with the Daily Mirror and with the support of 14 local charities.  The campaign calls for equality of access to 38 cancer drugs that are available to patients in England, Scotland and, shortly, Wales, but not readily available to patients in Northern Ireland.  The campaign initially aimed to secure 10,000 pledges of support - to be presented to Health Minister, Edwin Poots, this autumn.  However, after reaching that number in only 11 days, they have doubled the number of pledges, and are aiming for a massive 20,000.  Anyone who would like to pledge their support should visit: www.equalaccessni.org