Spend on cancer per patient in England 2006 - 2007

£10,785

Compare this with other PCTs: highest amount spent was £17,028, lowest was £5,182, and average PCT spend per cancer patient was £8,437.

Exceptional funding for cancer treatment

The following information was requested from the PCT in 2008 under the Freedom of Information Act.

Written protocols
The PCT has written protocols for assessing exceptional requests for cancer treatment

Cancer treatments funded by PCT following exceptional requests

Since 01 October 2006, six patients have had their exceptional requests aproved by the PCT. The treatments were:

• Sunitinib
• Sorafenib
• Lenalidomide

Cancer treatments not funded by PCT following exceptional requests

Since 01 October 2006, one cancer treatment was not funded: cetuximab.