A woman is pleading with the NHS to keep her on a life-extending drug

Granada
Liverpool
Kadcyla
NHS
Thursday 29 December 2016 at 5:45pm

Mel Johnston currently takes Kadcyla but this may be cut Credit: ITV Granada

A woman is pleading with the NHS to keep her on the life-extending drug that could be withdrawn.

Mel Johnston, a mother of two from Liverpool, has been taking Kadcyla since April, but health chiefs say its just too expensive to continue prescribing.

Ralph Blunsom went to meet her: