World’s first chemo drone delivery announced on NHS birthday

NHS England

5 July 2022 - NHS cancer patients will be the first in the world to benefit from chemotherapy delivered by drone as part of a new trial, NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard announced today.

The drones, set to make their first flight in the coming weeks, will mean that the lifesaving treatment can be picked up and dropped to patients on the same day.

Read NHS England press release

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