Cancer patient wins drug appeal

The PCT said it had reassessed Mr McNamara's case

An NHS trust which refused to supply the drug Velcade to a terminal cancer sufferer has now granted the treatment after reassessing his case.

John McNamara, 47, from Harrogate, had been refused Velcade by North Yorkshire and York NHS Primary Care Trust.

He claimed other patients in the same Leeds hospital where he was receiving treatment were getting the drug and complained it was a "postcode lottery".

On Thursday, the PCT said it had decided to fund a course of Velcade.

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