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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Martin Bagot

NHS to deliver chemotherapy drugs via drone in revolutionary new 'same day delivery'

Drugs including vital chemotherapy medicine will be flown by drone between NHS sites to speed up the delivery of lifesaving medicines.

A pilot scheme is being launched to use drones to enable “same-day delivery” orders for drugs and equipment from anywhere in the country.

The trial will see a drone deliver chemotherapy drugs from the pharmacy at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust to St Mary’s Hospital on the Isle of Wight.

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