A drug used to treat wounded soldiers in Afghanistan is to be fast-tracked for use in the NHS to help the victims of road traffic accidents and violent crime.Under the plans, paramedics will be issued with supplies of the drug TXA, which has been successfully used by the British military to treat combat wounds from which ‘death is imminent’.

The drug is the first to be approved under the Government’s new ‘medicines innovation scheme,’ designed to speed up the adoption of promising medication for use in the NHS.

Ambulance crews working in the south-west of England already have access to TXA as part of a trial. The decision by the Department of Health means it will now be rolled out across the NHS starting this month.

The move comes after an international study suggested that the drug could save almost 300 lives a year if it was licensed for civilian use in Britain.

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