No-deal Brexit ‘would harm’ health services

By Leslie Berry

Doctors’ leaders have denied they are scaremongering over warnings of potentially ‘catastrophic’ consequences in healthcare if the UK leaves the EU with a no-deal Brexit.

They set out detailed concerns last month in a BMA paper arguing the result would have an alarming impact on the NHS’s ability to deliver care.

According to the report, a no-deal scenario could threaten widespread harm including: