We'll have to agree to disagree then, to simplify it, i'd rather spend what money the NHS does have on something that MIGHT extend the lifespan of someone who has paid into the system all their life than on anti hiv drugs that MIGHT extend the life of an immigrant who has paid f*** all.
i disagree,i think it is an either or thing in reality, if the money wasnt being spent on an immigrant ,i suspect the cost effectiveness criteria would be different, as budgets would be larger.
You're correct, but as far as i'm concerned , if a drug saves my life it's cost effective, i fail to see how it's not consdered cost effective to buy the drugs that save the life of a leukaemia sufferer who has paid into the system all his life , but it is considered cost effective to spend...
Your argument is flawed and is i suspect attmepting to mask the true nature of the problem, which is health tourism.
You castigate helter skelter for not providing any evidence to back up his claims and then conveniently ignore the evidence i have provided, why is that ?
As far as i know the...
NHS bill for treatment of 62m - Times Online
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/may/14/nhs.society
Britain Urged to Test Immigrants for HIV - The Body
3 in 4 new HIV cases in African immigrants| News | This is London
Just glad that money is so plentiful in the NHS that we can afford to pay for foreigners without people who've paid all their lives suffereing
Kidney patients denied 'too expensive' life-extending drugs - Telegraph
NHS refusal to give me drugs is death sentence | News
BBC News - Liver cancer...
of course not, but the abuse amounts to people turning up here with pre existing conditions that need treatment, they receive treatment then skip the country owing the money for the said treatment.