I know 3 pharmacists, at least 20 GPs, surgeons, hospital consultants (including one who works at the Royal Marsden - I am related to him) - all of the ones I have spoken to - say that we are not going to run out of essential medicines. I don't know which way most of them voted - I didn't ask.
Bullshit.
DH is a surgeon, two of my best friends are consultants.
NHS trusts are warning that, in spite of stockpiling, in a No Deal scenario the NHS would be facing ‘unprecedented distribution challenges’, cancelled operations, shortage of supplies.
They don’t even know which medicines they are likely to run short of as the government hasn’t told them.
Pharmacists are already reporting struggles with supplies of common medication. 80 of which are in such short supply that the DoH is paying a premium for them.
Of particular concern is anything that needs refrigeration such as insulin, and nuclear medicine - 60% of radiopharmaceuticals come from the EU. If they arrive late they may have decayed too much to use.
NHS Providers - a group representing hospitals and ambulance services across the country has warned of immediate ‘real risk to services’ on No Deal.
Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation and chair of the Brexit Health Alliance, warned that No Deal could mean ‘disaster’ for the health service.
He told a Commons select committee in January:
‘There is no doubt in our minds from every quarter that ‘no deal’ is a real disaster – certainly in the short to medium term’.
Etc.