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The lives that slip through the cracks

The Saturday Essay: Meet Tina and Maureen, two very unhappy ladies. Tina McGeever prompted the debate in the Scottish Parliament this week after her late husband Michael Gray was obliged to spend £26,000 on his own treatment.

Meet Tina and Maureen, two very unhappy ladies. Tina McGeever prompted the debate in the Scottish Parliament this week after her late husband Michael Gray was obliged to spend £26,000 on his own treatment because NHS Grampian refused to fund a drug called cetuximab.