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NHS to Trial Drone Delivery for Medicines

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By THE PRESS ASSOCIATION (Ella Pickover, PA Health Correspondent)

July 4, 2022 at 11:03 PM UTC

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The NHS is to use drones to courier chemotherapy drugs in a bid to speed up the delivery of vital medicines.

It is hoped that using drone technology will one day enable doctors to make "same-day delivery" orders for drugs and medical equipment from anywhere in the country.