Submitted on Tuesday 18th February 2014
Published on Wednesday 19th February 2014
Current status: Closed
Closed: Thursday 19th February 2015
Signatures: 17
Stop the government trying to introduce ageism in The NHS
The Government & The Department of Health continually campaign that "There will be no ageism in the national health." But we still see reports like this:
Drugs for elderly would have 'negative social value'
Drugs that help older people live longer would be seen as having a "negative" social value because elderly patients take more from society than they can put back, under Government proposals.
The Department of Health has reportedly instructed Nice to re-examine how it assesses the cost-effectiveness of drugs to take into account the benefits successful treatments may have on society, such as allowing people to return to work.
But an assessment of the plans by Nice found that such plans would "inevitably take age into account to some degree".
Source: ITV.com
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We need assurances from The Government that these practices of trying to introduce ageism through the back door will end.
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