Monday 10 December 2018

No-deal Brexit could cause six months of drug shortages and traffic chaos, government warns

No-deal Brexit could cause six months of drug shortages and traffic chaos, government warns Emergency plans to fly in medical supplies have been laid to ensure hospitals remain stocked amid six months of expected chaos at Britain’s channel ports after a no-deal Brexit.

Critical supplies could also be diverted away from channel routes and some drugs may even be rationed to ensure stocks do not run out.

The plans were published as a government assessment suggested a no-deal departure from the EU could mean severe disruption until the end of September 2019 to shipping between Dover and Calais and traffic using the Channel Tunnel. The Independent

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