Terry Pratchett on Panorama
Author Terry Pratchett has criticised a decision to limit the drug Aricept through the NHS to people in the later stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
He told the BBC’s Panorama programme the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s ruling “feels like an insult” and needed a rethink.
NICE decided the drug was not cost-effective in the early stages.
Pratchett, who has sold 55 million books worldwide, has PCA, a rare early-onset form of the disease.
He was diagnosed with PCA, which affects the back of the brain and therefore vision and motor skills, in December 2007.
I am not a Hugh Pratchett fan, but then sci-fi fantasy is not a genre i like. Unlike S who has always read his books, and has read a few to Asha.
But I also dont think this is an independant view point, but his view is very true. WHY does budget matter.. This is lives.. When we have funds for WAR, and security cameras, why don’t we have funds for medical care, housing etc
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