Cancerbackup: Access to treatment

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Access to cancer treatment

This section has been written to help people who feel that they would benefit from a treatment or drug that isn’t routinely funded by their Primary Care Trust (PCT). PCTs are the part of the NHS responsible for delivering local health services along with the hospital trusts in their area. In Scotland they are called local health boards.

If you have any questions you can ask your doctor or nurse or speak to one of our cancer support service nurses


Content last reviewed: 01 December 2007
Page last modified: 31 March 2008

The best cancer information for everyone
Cancerbackup has merged with Macmillan Cancer Support. We will be providing the same high quality, expertly developed information about cancer, but now we can make it available to everyone who needs it.