NADIA Sawalha has bravely stipped off in front of Westminster in a desperate plea to get a cancer drug approved by the NHS, warning “time is running out”. The Loose Women star, 59, and 30 others took the bold move to “introduce themselves” to the new Government, urging the new secretary for health, Wes Streeting to take action. 4 A group of 31 women campaigned outside Westminster for the breast cancer drug Enhertu Credit: Jon Bond 4 Loose Women's Nadia Sawhala toples and painted outside Parliament to get the attention of Government Credit: Jon Bond The 31 women bore their naked - but painted - chests, representing the number of lives that are lost to metastatic breast cancer each day in the UK.
Enhertu is a pioneering drug that can give women with advanced and incurable breast cancer more moths or even years with their loved ones. In March it was announced that the treatment was blocked for widespread NHS use in England and Wales after the drug was deemed ‘too expensive’ , despite being available in Scotland and at least 16 other European countries. Breast Cancer Now says women have died waiting for the drug after the election stalled any progress that had been made by campaigners.
Former MPs Craig Tracey and Penny Mordaunt had brought the discussion to Parliament after meeting with campaigners before the landslide victory for Labour last week. A nervous Nadia, who has been campaigning along close friends with the disease, told The Sun she had never done something.