https://www.independent.co.uk/voice...ipolar-medicine-stockpiling-a8855131.html?amp
The NHS is underprepared for a no-deal Brexit – and I am one of the thousands that might die as a result
See link for the rest of the article.Thousands of epilepsy sufferers like myself might have to go without medicine. No deal could be deadly.
On Wednesday night, BBC Newsnight revealed some life-saving drugs have proved impossible to stockpile – including those used to treat epilepsy – and that the doctors who had been given this information had been told to keep quiet.
Back in January the health secretary Matthew Hancock told parliament that the requisite medicine supplies had been stockpiled in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Last night we learned that was not the case. Currently, a no deal would mean potential shortages of three important drugs for epilepsy, bipolar disorder and neuropathic pain. This would be life threatening for patients.
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