Cancer patient denied life-prolonging drug as she lives half a mile outside England

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Joannah Houghton, 47, was told she was not eligible for the palliative medication Avastin because there is no NHS funding for the drug in Wales

. In a cruel twist of fate, the NHS worker of 22 years would have been entitled for it if she lived just THREE minutes down the road in England. Mrs Houghton, of Chirk, North Wales, has told of her heartbreak now that her life could be cruelly cut short as a result of a cancer postcode lottery.She would qualify for Avastin if she lived just half a mile further west but cannot afford to move house after she was forced to quit her job due to her illness.

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