"Certainly a strong case could and will be made for the HIV treatment. But at an estimated cost of between £10m to £20m a year..."

HIV drug row: A very modern dilemma for the NHS

"Certainly a strong case could and will be made for the HIV treatment. But at an estimated cost of between £10m to £20m a year, the fact that condoms provide a cheaper alternative to prevention will also be taken into account alongside the cases that can be made for the other treatments.

This is why if you speak to anyone involved in these sort of decisions they will say they're really tough - and as the years go by they will just get tougher."