25 Days to Brexit: Drugs fears and ‘struggling towns’ fund SUBSCRIBE: https://youtu.be/4JLjF89hz34 : https://youtube.com/ashbgame : As the Health Secretary Matt Hancock was telling MPs about how the Channel Tunnel will help with the supply of medicines if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the government was being threatened with a judicial review over its plans to prevent a break in supply.
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The so-called ‘Serious Shortage Protocol’ was brought in by the Department of Health in January. It was meant to allow pharmacists to substitute medicines if a particular brand of drugs was not available. But lawyers, backed by a number of charities, say this was done without consultation and could put patients’ lives at risk.
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