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NHS Providers warn about impact of no deal
In a leaked email to NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens, NHS Providers has warned of a lack of ‘contingency planning’ to deal with the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the health service.
Seen by the BBC, the leak details how leaving the EU without agreement would immediately be a real risk to services, making it harder to stop the spread of diseases and access medicines.
Representing hospitals and ambulance services in England, NHS Providers has called for NHS England and NHS Improvement, who together oversee NHS trusts and providers, to convene a group of trust leaders as a matter of urgency and organise a co-ordinated response to confront the challenges that would be presented by a no deal.
It appears that a lack of communication about the progress of talks and the assurance for healthcare in the country are the main concerns of the health body, with its chief executive Chris Hopson writing that there has been ‘no formal communication’ to trusts, leaving many concerned over the possibility of ‘both stockpiles and shortages of medicines and medical devices’, due to a lack of planning.
The letter, which was also copied to Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, comes just before Raab travels to Brussels for the latest round of talks with his EU, with ministers expected to reveal more details of their contingency planning for a no-deal Brexit later this week.
The UK is set to leave the EU on 29 March 2019.
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