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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to end the NHS postcode lottery of sight-saving drug Avastin. More details

Submitted by Debbie Atkinson – Deadline to sign up by: 25 May 2008 – Signatures: 234

Petition update, 23 June 2008

You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "end the NHS postcode lottery of sight-saving drug Avastin."

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:

http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page15827.asp

Prime Minister's Office

More details from petition creator

Avastin - a sight-saving and anti-cancer drug - is currently not available on the NHS at all PCTs in the country. We believe that the drug should be readily available to all those who could benefit from it. Case Study - Brian Turner, of West Yorkshire, suffers wet age-related macular degeneration and will go blind within three months unless he has injections of avastin. But the drug costs £700 per injection, and he could need as many as nine - that's £3,600! Fortunately Mr Turner has a big enough family willing to club together and pay for his treatment. But what happens to the sufferers who don't have that safety net - do we let them go blind?

Current signatories

Debbie Atkinson, the Petition Creator, joined by:

  • John Talbot
  • Lauren Guest
  • Kate Thomas
  • fiona bolton
  • JENNIFER STRICKLAND
  • Julie Atkinson
  • emma keane
  • Justine Sutcliffe
  • Lisa Youell
  • Max Youell
  • Damian Youell
  • Kim Brooke
  • Julie Ratcliff
  • c.tayler
  • Donna-Marie Walker
  • Matt Devney
  • Nicola Topley
  • Philip Glover
  • Romany Youell
  • John Salmons
  • RORY GIBSON
  • sarah fitton
  • Beverley Pickard
  • Paul hennessy
  • Lee Botham
  • Luke Brooksby
  • Dick King
  • S King
  • meisha robinson
  • Emma Mullins
  • Glenn Finlay
  • Tansy Roberts
  • Simon John Briggs
  • pauline turner
  • d porritt
  • philip hill
  • Brian Turner
  • jenny harris
  • Denise Emsley
  • Glyn Atkinson
  • Andrew Filby
  • Mick Martin
  • Rachel Brandwood
  • Zoe Brunning
  • Philip Richards
  • dan nelmes
  • Stuart Turner
  • Steven Ryan
  • Niki Koschka
  • Peter Jones
  • Neil McFarland
  • Mark Ashworth
  • Jonny Hartley
  • Mason Youell
  • Jon Coombe
  • david keelan
  • Joanne Eggleton
  • Joshua Warner
  • Chris Marshall
  • michael booth
  • Leon Borsukiewicz
  • michael benn
  • Graeme Park
  • Mary Burns
  • Lauren Rooney
  • Luke Brunning
  • Andy Pierce
  • Paul Smith
  • Kerrie Leigh Ann Coates
  • Ruth Cowie
  • Rosemary Smith
  • Jane Clegg
  • Kieren King
  • Roy Lazarus
  • James Williams
  • stuart p butt
  • Dee Ryder
  • Paul Hooper
  • Jeff
  • Edgar Akins
  • Rachel Stansfield
  • Teresa Addison
  • Colin Walshaw
  • Rachel Parsons
  • Mary Sanders
  • hannah proctor
  • Catherine Wood
  • Paula Fisher
  • dylan proctor
  • connor proctor
  • Suzanne Rutter
  • Nigel Barker
  • Emma Vardy
  • Mabh Savage
  • Neil Fermandel
  • Elizabeth Degnan
  • Katey Steven
  • Claire Smythe
  • kate marns
  • Lynn Starling
  • Wendy ANDERSON
  • Lisa Young
  • Tim Ball
  • James
  • Rebecca Booth
  • aftab aziz
  • Graham Bedford
  • Elizabeth Watson
  • pauline whitehead
  • Judith Casey
  • Danielle Turner
  • Ben Hughes
  • John Nelmes
  • Joanne Edwards
  • Mohammed Yaseen Maroof
  • G BASSINDALE
  • Neil Cornelius
  • Karen Woodhouse
  • Harriet Cole
  • damian shutt
  • Kathryn Gittins
  • j wheeler
  • Dave Forde
  • Linda Ward
  • Jonny Barrow
  • Matt Johnson
  • K.Averre
  • Thelma Gill
  • Catharine Gregory
  • robyn lynch
  • james peacock
  • john webb
  • Jodie berry
  • Gemma Bruce
  • Ryan Howe
  • G. Craig
  • Andrew Miller
  • Paul Miller
  • John Taylor
  • Heather Waterton
  • David Padmore
  • chris mould
  • Yves
  • stuart turner
  • Christine Searle
  • Sylvia O'Connell
  • Jenny Watson
  • ann plummer
  • Ruth Bailey
  • Caroline Farr
  • Christina Preston
  • Karen Smith
  • roger davis
  • Jo O'Neill
  • Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/NHS-dentists4all/)
  • Charlotte Smith
  • June Williamson
  • Maureen
  • Andrea
  • A Bohan
  • Andrew Gardner
  • Dave Stead
  • Kerry Alexander Wymbs
  • marie wheatley
  • Sara Tait
  • Donald Betts
  • Vicky Gray 08Bullying
  • Marie Leeq
  • Louisa Jones
  • Bella Pagan
  • Steve Sampford
  • Danny Bloom
  • JudithBloom
  • Michael Pack
  • Liz Stone
  • Samantha Swift
  • Sarah Williams
  • Robert Torresan
  • Estelle Bloom
  • Wayne Walker
  • David Pettet
  • Dean Meuleman
  • Louise Allen
  • Jenny Tudor
  • Edward Fawcett
  • Lorainne Bellamy
  • martin stitchman
  • Ben Thompson
  • Celine Bijleveld
  • Tara Rayment
  • Mike Franklin
  • philip camp
  • Pauline Moss
  • kathy tomany
  • Ana Bloom
  • Margaret King; and ALL life-saving drugs
  • n worsfold
  • Susie Berns
  • Nicola Curtin
  • Viki Stanisic
  • Ann Caluori
  • Canan turan
  • Lloyd Page
  • Andy Reeves
  • Lucinda King
  • Richard Hughes
  • Alison McDonald
  • Elizabeth Lee
  • Maria Douglass
  • l johnson
  • hazel watson
  • Julie Cornish
  • debbie adams
  • Kieran Rolf
  • christine morrison
  • malcolm gaye
  • denise gaye
  • Emma Spiller
  • Abbey Megginson
  • Andrew Rigby
  • JULIE MARTIN
  • Glenn Fabian
  • Andrea Black
  • FIONA ZORZI
  • Miriam Burge
  • Deborah Coldwell
  • Tyler Dougan
  • Martin Thomas
  • Cheryl Thomas
  • Judith Wakefield
  • LYNDA WEAVER-JONES
  • Bethan Hole
  • john berry

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