ENGLAND: after series of legal battle as to whether the NHS
should be made to bear the costs of making HIV drugs available for people in
need of the medication, finally the case has the put to rest by the ruling of
the court.
After looking into all the arguments from both sides, the Court
of Appeal has told NHS England that they should cover the financial burden of
making the medication available for about 10,000 who may have become vulnerable
due to their partners condition. As making the medication accessible has been
portrayed as a "game changer" in the battle against the disease.
An appeal was filed by the UK government against the ruling
of the High Court on the matter constraining the NHS to support the arrangement
of the medication.
In any case, appeal judges have also ruled against the
government saying that it is up to the NHS to finance the anti-retroviral drug,
which diminishes the danger of the disease who are considered to be at high
risk by over 90%.
The court choices are questionable in light of the fact that
the NHS made it clear that funding the medication would mean not having the
capacity to pay for nine different medicines. These incorporated a medication
to help youngsters with cystic fibrosis to inhale, prosthetic appendages for
amputees and hearing aids for deaf individuals.
The foreseen cost of giving PrEP administrations is amongst
£10m and £20m a year. Thus, commentators have said that at £400 per individual,
every month, the medication treatment is excessively costly and those at high risk
should make it a duty to engage in safer sex.
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