'Life shortened because of where I live' - @nweir1 reports on cancer drug access in NI

Nearly two years after the Department of Health recommended the removal of a clause that makes it difficult for people to get some cancer drugs here, and it still hasn't happened. Northern Ireland doesn't have a Cancer Drugs fund like England. But what we do have is the Individual Funding Request or IFR. Its been criticised for its complexity and the use of something called the "exceptionality criteria". In essence it means access to some specialist drugs is only permitted if a doctor can show that their patient is different to 95 percent of patients with the same condition at the same stage. Cancer charities have called for this requirement to be scrapped calling it unfair. In February last year, it was recommended that the 95 percent clause be removed. But we can reveal this morning that still hasn't happened. Our reporter Nicola Weir has been speaking to one woman who is terminally ill with cancer. Melanie Kennedy was turned down for a cancer drug through the IFR process. She's been telling Nicola how that and life with cancer has affected her. We also heard from Chief Executive of Cancer Focus, Roisin Foster.