EU moves to guarantee supply of medicines to Northern Ireland have so far worked but there are looming issues, peers have heard.
Restrictions on doctors’ working hours must not be watered down as part of post-Brexit legislative changes, the BMA has said.
Former Brexit secretary David Davis says Priti Patel’s plans could foster a situation similar to notorious US detention camp.
The medical chiefs warned that doctors face ‘difficult choices’ over which patients will be offered potentially life-saving blood tests.
Companies should ensure six weeks’ worth of drugs for end of transition period, DHSC says.
CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to step up their fight to protect the NHS after a legal bid to prevent it being “on the table” in post-Brexit trade deals was voted down by Tory MPs.
Stop trying to link Brexit to coronavirus – politics has nothing to do with a global pandemic. Oh, wait...
26/06/2020
Nobody ever said that a no-deal Brexit would badly affect our ability to deal with the global outbreak of a viral illness. Well, apart from the British Medical Association in 2018. And the Faculty of Public Health, in 2016 before the referendum was held.
Britain imports radioactive isotopes to detect and cure cancer. Border chaos at Dover would make them useless in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Leaving the EU without a deal could have a devastating effect on the NHS, a union warned.
The BMA has repeatedly warned that a 'no deal' Brexit will have damaging consequences for patients, the health workforce and health services across the UK and Europe. From the supply of medicines and patient access to care, to Northern Ireland and the impact on the health workforce: no part of the health service will be left unscathed.
Medical products are ‘particularly vulnerable to severe extended delays’ ... - confirming our concerns (British Medical Association)
11/09/2019
The Operation Yellowhammer document states that medicines and medical products are ‘particularly vulnerable to severe extended delays’ in the event of a no deal Brexit - confirming our concerns as outlined in our briefing document last week
'Given the dangers, every possible step must be taken to avoid it.'
Health union leaders have issued an urgent warning that a no-deal Brexit could "devastate" the NHS and cause potentially "fatal" shortages and delays.
No-deal Brexit latest: NHS staff shortages, fuel reserves and agency staff manning the border
22/08/2019
As Boris Johnson careers towards a no-deal Brexit, what are the latest reports on the impact it would have?
Vaccines and blood products could be stockpiled ahead of a possible ‘no-deal’ Brexit, the health and social care secretary has confirmed.
The government has announced the plans – but hasn't decided what form of transport will be used.
Dr Chaand Nagpaul tells i a no deal Brexit would be disastrous, leading to potentially thousands of EU doctors leaving the service.
Navigating Brexit: what next for the NHS?
07/12/2018
Join the BMA and the BMJ to look at the impact of Brexit on health services across the UK - from workforce and regulation, to reciprocal healthcare and medical research, there’s barely a part of the health service that will be unaffected by the UK’s decision to leave the EU.
The BMA has published a series of briefings, which outline our policy positions on a range of key issues relating to the impact of Brexit on the UK healthcare system.
No-deal Brexit will be 'catastrophe' for NHS and increase risk from deadly pandemics, BMA warns
16/08/2018
Doctors have a duty to set out the harm of crashing out of the EU and this is not scaremongering, union says.