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Brexit will end medical cannabis access for sick children
Following the end of the UK’s Brexit transition period on 1 January 2021, British children with severe medical conditions will no longer be able...
Barriers to healthy ageing and early interventions in the UK
UK Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Jolly, who serves as Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ageing and Older People and is the party’s...
Department of Health and Social Care to set up a service to deliver urgent...
As part of Brexit preparations, The Department of Health and Social Care is setting up a service to deliver urgent medicines and medical products...
The NHS Long-Term Plan and a fully digital NHS
David Highton, Strategic Health Advisor at Servita explains the importance of the NHS Long-Term Plan and how collaboration is the key to facilitating a...
Discover the barriers of accessing medical cannabis despite reform across Europe
Although regulatory reform has occurred across Europe, many patients still experience barriers regarding accessing medical cannabis, here Prohibition Partners explores further.
Prohibition Partners explains how...
Is healthcare on the brink of a global workforce crisis?
KPMG Global Chairman for Healthcare Dr Mark Britnell, cautions how healthcare is “on the brink of a global workforce crisis” – how prepared is...
Brexit healthcare concerns amplified in case of a no deal Brexit
Availability of medicines, staff, researchers and academics has been a point of contention regarding Brexit, here Dr Paul-Peter Tak explores Brexit healthcare and what...
Explore the Falsified Medicines Directive and tamper-proof pharmaceutical packaging
Rich Quelch, global head of marketing at Origin, explores what EU serialisation means for the pharmaceutical packaging market and how far the Falsified Medicines...
EHIC Card replacement may be unlikely if there is a no-deal Brexit
Over half of Brits fear Brexit could cause them to ditch European travel plans – with an EHIC Card replacement being unlikely, travelling to...
Brexit: Is there a doctor in the house?
The media has been bombarded by the polarising Brexit ‘debate’, but the reality is that Brexit is happening with or without your support, and...
UK healthcare industry £70 billion contribution to UK economy at risk
Following Theresa May’s historic Brexit deal defeat and a possible ‘No Deal’, the £70 billion (€79.5 billion) contribution to the UK economy by UK...
NHS Long-term plan – “This is not about miracles”
Published today, the NHS Long-term plan is set to save almost half a million more lives with practical action and investment in treatments –...
Brexit uncertainty causing trouble for NHS trusts across UK
According to the BMJ, NHS trusts are struggling to produce concrete plans amid the continuing Brexit uncertainty.
NHS trusts across the UK are struggling to...
What does the Immigration White Paper mean for the NHS?
According to NHS Employers chief executive, Danny Mortimer, the Immigration White Paper proposals do not provide a long-term solution to NHS needs.
In response to...
EU drug packaging deadline may be missed in event of a no-deal Brexit
Many EU and US pharma companies are unaware that if a no-deal Brexit is reached, they will need to meet a crucial EU drug...
UK Government immigration plan causes major concern for NHS
Focusing on getting the UK Government immigration plan right, NHS Employers chief executive voices his concern regarding the Prime Minister’s speech at the CBI...
NHS to be short of 51,000 nurses by the end of the Brexit transition...
New report reveals the NHS could be short of 51,000 nurses, enough to staff 45 hospitals, by the end of the Brexit transition period.
The...
How is Brexit expected to impact UK pharmacovigilance?
As the UK readies itself to leave the EU, the Pharmaceutical Information and Pharmacovigilance Association’s Sarah Hall considers the potential impact of Brexit on...
Brexit could break the NHS
The Immigration Advice Service’s Maddie Grounds explains why the EU referendum, Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ and a possible no-deal Brexit scenario could devastate the...
Safeguarding the availability of medicines in the EU
In its newly published work programme for 2019/20, an EU-wide task force has set out a series of necessary actions to ensure the availability...