Northern Ireland Minister lobbied on biologics :-D

elnafinn

Information from AC via FB

NI Minister lobbied on biologics.

Arthritis Care lobbied Edwin Poots MLA, Northern Ireland Minister for Health, yesterday, on behalf of people with severe Rheumatoid Arthritis who are waiting for access to biological (anti-TNF) treatments. Arthritis Care Policy Adviser Steve McBride, consultant rheumatologist Anita Smyth, and patient Caitriona Roberts, along with representatives for people with p...soriasis and Crohn’s disease, urged the Minister to ensure that people who needed the highly effective treatments were able to get them without unnecessary delays.

Speaking after the meeting Steve McBride said ‘The Minister – and Assembly Health Committee Vice Chair Jim Wells, who led the delegation – fully recognise the benefits of these treatments. There has been a very real improvement in access for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis over the last year, as a result of the Minister’s efforts and of our previous lobbying. What we want to see is extra funding being made permanent and people who need these treatments having access to them as soon as possible and in line with best practice in the rest of the UK.

Refreshing to read. Thank you

Elna

barbara12

Thankyou Elna
Its good to know that there are people out there fighting our cause, or at least those with RA x

7worlds

Thanks Elna. I,m from Northern Ireland and have RA so found the article very interesting.

7worlds

elnafinn

Hi 7worlds

I am so pleased you found the article interesting. So it WAS worth me copying and pasting it. :-D

Elna x

elnafinn

Indeed it is, Barbara.

Elna xx