Loose Women’s Nadia Sawalha becomes emotional as she praises ‘powerhouse’ pal Hannah for fighting to reverse block on cancer drug after devastating health update [Video]

13:29 EDT 15 Mar 2024 , updated 14:36 EDT 15 Mar 2024

Nadia Sawalha broke down in tears as she told MailOnline about her ‘powerhouse’ pal Hannah Gardner – who has stage four incurable breast cancer, which has now spread to her liver.

The Loose Woman star, 59, and her friend Hannah, 37, were left ‘reeling’ after learning a pioneering cancer drug was blocked for use in England.

Nadia condemned the decision by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence who said that the cost the NHS was being asked to pay for trastuzumab deruxtecan – known as Enhertu – was ‘too high’. 

The TV personality revealed that Enhertu has the potential of giving her close friend Hannah, who has a three-year-old daughter, another six months of life.

In an exclusive interview, Nadia told MailOnline: ‘We’ve got this young woman, with a young autistic child, with secondary breast cancer in her liver, in her lung, and she’s also supposed to be …