Medical Innovation Bill (Saatchi Bill)

Lord Maurice Saatchi's Medical Innovation Bill (Saatchi Bill) will help doctors innovate new treatments and cures for cancer and other diseases.

The Government support the Bill (Read Jeremy Hunt's statement link below) but will only make it law if we, the public, demand it.

The Medical Innovation Bill will save lives by supporting doctors who want to innovate and find new ways of treating disease.

Doctors, patients and judges will have much greater clarity as to what is negligent and dangerous practice by clinicians and what is careful and sensible innovation.

It will free your doctor to consider new treatments and ideas. But, and more importantly, it will allow the patient to demand innovative treatment. 

Once passed, a patient, armed with the legislation, will be able to say to his or her doctor: 'Are you trying everything? Can you do anything differently?' The doctor will no longer need to say he or she cannot risk trying anything new.