The shortages have left 70 per cent of patients surveyed by charity ADHD UK rationing their supplies.
Patients put at risk as crisis hits supplies of vital antibiotics, HRT and anti-depressants. / Vital antibiotics, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs are among those in desperately short supply this winter – with the NHS forced to pay over the odds to get drugs into Britain.
The government's preparation for a no-deal Brexit sometimes "took precedent" over planning for a pandemic, the UK Covid-19 public Inquiry has heard. / Ministers were aware in 2016 that "even a moderate pandemic would overrun" the "fragmented" pandemic preparedness system within the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), newly disclosed documents revealed on Monday.
New staff needed to cope with the government’s controversial retained EU laws bill will cost Whitehall dearly in a financial crisis.
More than 4,000 European doctors have opted not to work in the NHS following the Brexit vote in 2016, research has revealed.
Government working to ‘find a solution’ after Brexit halts medical drug supply for epileptic children
07/01/2021
Supplies of prescribed medical cannabis set to run out in a matter of weeks, affecting up to 40 children.
Brexit letter threatens to leave epileptic children without access to life-saving medicine
21/12/2020
Medical cannabis prescriptions can help reduce seizures in youngsters.
Disruption to medical supplies at the UK border in the wake of Brexit will be ‘unavoidable’ warn experts.
This being 2020, it didn't take long for good news about the Pfizer/BioNTech jab to turn into a tiresome row about Brexit.
Firm with links to Dominic Cummings and Michael Gove secures £1m in government work without open tender
19/08/2020
A firm with links to Dominic Cummings and Michael Gove has won almost £1 million worth of government work without having to undergo an open tender process.
Companies should ensure six weeks’ worth of drugs for end of transition period, DHSC says.
UK foreign secretary has said EU invite for Covid-19 scheme was sent to old email address.
Britain did not take part in €1.5bn order for kit to protect against Covid-19 despite shortages in NHS.
Ministers still have a “significant amount” of work to do to ensure the continued supply of vital medicines to the NHS in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned.
Ministers will not know whether there are enough medicines, medical supplies or freight capacity to support the NHS if the UK leaves the EU without a deal next month, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found.
UK plans £3m no-deal medicine transport
07/07/2019
But experts have warned that the deadline of 1 September set for the deal is a "tight" timeframe.
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.
March figures show 93 medications on ‘concessions list’ subsidised by government, the highest number since scheme was launched in 2014. / Medicines vital for managing epilepsy, cancer and life-threatening asthma attacks are among a record number of products which are currently facing shortages made worse by Brexit uncertainty.
Concession-priced medicine list is longest it has been since system was introduced.
Tobacco giants say getting rid of packaging pictures of diseased organs will cost them millions after Brexit
03/03/2019
Evidence to back up industry claims 'neither compelling or detailed' say health chiefs who were asked to strike an urgent deal with EU chiefs on tobacco giants' behalf amid Brexit planning.