US pharmaceutical firms, known as Big Pharma, want 'full market access for US products' in the NHS which spends £140bn a year.
"If people are stupid enough to leave the European Union... our situation is worse in every area because we've left."
Ministers insisted the amendment wasn't necessary - because the idea the NHS would be up for grabs was 'offensive and absurd'.
Tory leadership paralysis risks shortages of essential drugs in a no-deal Brexit, warn medical firms
22/06/2019
‘No guidance’ has been issued since Chris Grayling’s notorious ferry contracts were axed – despite risk UK will crash out of EU in October. / Medical firms fear the political paralysis created by the Tory leadership race will leave the NHS short of essential drugs after a no-deal Brexit, because no proper planning is taking place.
Tory Daniel Hannan says NHS is for fools
28/01/2012
Top Tory Daniel Hannan has again rubbished the NHS, suggesting no sane person would support it.
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf was speaking at the SNP conference.
IN news which will surprise absolutely nobody, the Brexit talks are going terribly and pharmaceutical companies have been told to stockpile six week’s worth of drugs in case of disruption at the end of the transition period.
BREXIT is being blamed for a fall in the number of NHS dentists working in Scotland.
Health minister Stephen Hammond confirmed the macabre course of action.
Disruption to medical supplies at the UK border in the wake of Brexit will be ‘unavoidable’ warn experts.
The NHS and Brexit: What We Now Know
05/01/2023
Sam Bright examines the contribution of Brexit to our current healthcare crisis.
The impact of Brexit has only added fuel to the fire of severe challenges facing health and social care in the UK, warns the Nuffield Trust.
The Brexit predictions that came true, those that didn’t—and what we didn’t see coming - BMJ
03/08/2022
Six years after the referendum we can disentangle the evidence and judge the effects on health and care, says Richard Vize.
Maybe it’s time for the next Prime Minister to admit that immigration is not just essential, it’s desirable.
Vaccines and blood products could be stockpiled ahead of a possible ‘no-deal’ Brexit, the health and social care secretary has confirmed.
A care firm director has blamed Brexit for difficulties he has experienced in recruiting staff.
Former SNP Deputy Leader Stewart Hosie fumed at the impact of Brexit on NHS staffing levels.
More than 4,000 European doctors have opted not to work in the NHS following the Brexit vote in 2016, research has revealed.
Senior Tories insist Brexit deal would not scupper US trade agreement after shock Trump intervention
01/11/2019
'We can’t make a trade deal with the UK,' says US president.
Secret NHS trade documents revealed by Jeremy Corbyn were available on Reddit for weeks without people noticing
27/11/2019
Secret documents detailing plans for a post-Brexit US trade deal, which Jeremy Corbyn today claimed show a Tory plot to sell off the NHS, were first published online over a month ago but went almost entirely unnoticed.
A Scottish border village is set to lose its GP surgery branch, citing staffing reasons for the planned closure. / “So, we are, for example, struggling to recruit in social care and nursing to a significant extent because of the fall in the size of the working age population because of Brexit and the loss of free movement of people."
A no-deal Brexit could threaten safe and effective patient care, a major Scottish health board has warned.
John Swinney has blamed Brexit for causing a recruitment crisis in Scotland which he claims is impacting every sector of the economy.
The UK's split with the EU has worsened recruitment shortages while pushing up the price of some medicines.
Regret takes hold in Brexit bastion
27/01/2023
Grays, a town near London, voted overwhelmingly in favour of Brexit. But three years after severing ties with the EU, some are feeling remorse as the country lurches from one crisis to another.