Terminally ill woman says adverts sent by St James’s in Leeds gave her the impression her NHS treatment was second classA terminally ill cancer patient has protested after the NHS hospital where she receives palliative therapy included advertisements for a private clinic with her appointment letter. Ali Schofield, 33, who has secondary breast cancer, said the inclusion of the leaflets for Nova Healthcare was “disgusting” and “distressing”. It would make patients believe that NHS care was “second class” and they should pay for private treatment. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs St James’s, has apologised to Schofield and said it would no longer send the leaflets. Fewer than 1,000 Nova leaflets were included in patient letters,” a spokesman said.

Source: The Guardian August 05, 2017 19:30 UTC