NHS becomes first health service in Europe to offer new cancer jab

NHS England said the roll-out of the jab will save more than a year’s worth of treatment time for patients and NHS teams every year (Jeff Moore/PA) - (PA Archive)

Thousands of cancer patients every year will be able to receive a quick and easy injection instead of a drip as England becomes the first country in Europe to offer a new jab.

The NHS is rolling out an injectable form of the immunotherapy nivolumab, which can be given in three to five minutes and works for 15 different cancers, such as lung, bowel, kidney, bladder, oesophageal, skin and head and neck cancer.