Article 26th May, NHS went on £1bn spending Spree to avoid surplus in financial year. - this is outrageous when cancer patients are being denied drugs to help them cope with serious disease. My neice is age 40 from Enfield and has been denied drugs by her health authority, two appeals failed.

Caroline, Reading,

His mistake is not being one of Gordon Brown's constitutents.

If you're Scottish you get this drug for free whether you've earned it or not.

The Scottish Raj look after their own.

Gareth Young, Lewes, England

Tax payers fund the NHS but it's budget is consumed by mainly salary. GP salaries up 50% in a few years, consultant salaries up 22% in one year. Highest paid docs in Europe but we can't get decent medication! The service is run for the benefit our medical elite. Worst service in Europe, well done!

Graham, St. Albans, uk

Hose's mistake is to be a retired engineer instead of a politician. Given the expenses claimed by Ann Keen and her MP husband, it's no surprise the NHS don't fund cetuximab.

Diana, Derby, uk

The sad truth is about the United Kingdom, is that it no longer generates wealth necessary to support its weakest citizens; the government has borrowed all it can borrow and can not raise any more money in taxes.

The strong economy, that Gordon Brown inherited is plainly no longer strong.

peter c, devizes, wessex

You ask how we can refuse treatment - it's because although the drug may have beneficial effects, the benefits for every pound it costs are insufficient compared to spending the same amount of money on other treatments. There is is a line in the sand of 'cost-effectiveness' of about £30,000 per year

James Burgess, Crickhowell, Wales, UK

If the NHS can't pay for cetuximab, that's their problem,
not Mr Hose's. Co-payment isn't 'fair' - ridiculous. Getting cancer isn't fair and people who try to help themselves should not be penalised. It's Mr Hose's money and if he wants to spend it on additional drugs he should be free to do so.

Sarah, Carcassonne, France

Why are neither the Lib Dems nor the Tories tearing Johnson and Brown apart over this? Couldn't be that they're all the same could it?

Eddie Reader, birmingham, england

I think under EU rules if he does not get the treatment he needs he can always go to France and get the treatment there and the bill will be sent to the UK hospital authority.

How can we simply refuse to treat someone who has more than paid for this with his contributions.

joe, Edinburgh, Scotland