Power of the Press helps Tim
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| 08:01 UK time, Thursday, 27 September 2007
All it took was a few emails to the media earlier this week and now leukaemia sufferer will get the £90,000 treatment he was previously denied by the Health Commission Wales (HCW).
Hiding behind the "we cannot comment on individual cases" line [why can't anonymity be waived by the patient?] - the HCW defends its earlier decision by saying the 'individual patient commissioning panel does review its decision when additional evidence from clinicians is presented'.
But two days after Tim's family and friends sent out emails to the Press to highlight his case - the HCW has done a U-turn.
What caused the change of heart? Was it pressure from the Press, the current wave of criticism against them or the ?
