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Thanks to all our members for providing material for this website.
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The Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK (AVSGF-UK) is an umbrella organisation representing asbestos victims support groups. The Forum' s main purpose is to work collectively to provide one voice for asbestos victims.
For advice on benefits and compensation and support for sufferers of asbestos disease and their families contact Forum Members
Action Mesothelioma Day was held on Wednesday 27th February. This was supported by all the groups in our forum.
To see some of the events of that day ....click here
On the 23rd January NICE announced that it has rejected the appeals against its decision last year to approve Alimta for the treatment of mesothelioma. Mesothelioma patients should now press their PCTs for early implementation of the NICE decision to allow funding of Alimta by the NHS.
To view as a web page: click here press release.
To view and print as a pdf version: click here press release.
If your Primary Care Trust does not fund ALIMTA (PEMETREXED) please click below for a Campaign Pack which explains how best to request treatment and how to appeal a decision to refuse funding.
Click here . . . ALIMTA Campaign Pack
The Law Lords have upheld a Court of Appeal decision to end compensation for pleural plaques. For this and information on the GMB lobby to Parliament on the 29th January....... more