Brexiteers who claimed the NHS would receive an extra £350m after Brexit have been condemned for voting down an amendment demanding an analysis of the impact of exiting the EU on the health service.
Hospital food at risk from no-deal Brexit
10/11/2018
Department of Health writes to trusts advising of contingency plans for short supply of imported ingredients.
Around 40% of the returning expats would be pensioners, placing fresh strains on the NHS and already-stretched social care services.
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.
British nationals who have retired to EU countries including Spain and France will no longer have their healthcare covered by the NHS in the event of no Brexit deal, the government has said.
The NHS has said it will cancel blood donation sessions in Dover and Folkestone for two months while Britain exits the EU.
The former prime minister accused hardline leave campaigners of ‘shouting down anyone with an opposing view’.
NHS trust exploring possibility of workers staying overnight if no deal leads to chaos on roads.
Newly formed pressure group makes no mention of health service.
Big firms want Donald Trump to play hard ball over the NHS, food quality and consumer rights.
UK Facing Higher Medicine Costs And Increased Risk Of Fakes Post-Brexit, European Suppliers Warn
09/02/2019
New EU rules come into force today, which could leave British patients exposed after March 29.
Health minister Stephen Hammond confirmed the macabre course of action.
Drugs and other medical supplies to be shipped over on seven new ferry routes.
Adverts targeting Polish nurses also boast Germany is much closer to family at home.
How a post-Brexit trade deal with the US could make life-saving drugs unaffordable for the NHS
10/03/2019
The UK is going to be at a distinct disadvantage in this negotiation – desperate for a deal the US could happily live without.
The sector fears shortages: of medicine, of staff, and of answers.
Three NHS trust chief executives tell Sky News the government's no-deal Brexit planning is like "navigating through treacle".
Government orders hospitals not to reveal Brexit impact assessments to protect 'commercial interests'
21/03/2019
Requests for information about effect on staff numbers and supply of goods and services should be refused, advice says.
Money that would be used to improve healthcare is being spent "wastefully" due to UK ministers' handling of Brexit, the Welsh health minister has said.
Concession-priced medicine list is longest it has been since system was introduced.
A senior Labour figure has stamped on talk of an early deal with Theresa May to rescue Brexit, warning her proposals would see private US health giants “getting their hands” on the NHS.
THE UK’s decision to quit the EU continues to deepen the NHS staffing crisis with local hospitals reporting a ‘significant’ and ‘unexpected’ increase in the number of EU nurses leaving their posts in March.
Frontrunner to become PM could be hauled before judge over claims. / Boris Johnson could be summoned to court to face accusations of misconduct in public office over his infamous pledge to claw back £350m a week from Brussels for the NHS.
Number of European nurses arriving in UK falls from 9,000 a year to 900 after Brexit vote
20/05/2019
The number of European nurses arriving in Britain has fallen from about 9,000 to 900 a year since the Brexit referendum, it was revealed today.