Friday, 22 March 2019

Government orders hospitals not to reveal Brexit impact assessments to protect 'commercial interests'

Government orders hospitals not to reveal Brexit impact assessments to protect 'commercial interests' Hospitals have been ordered not to tell the public about any damage they expect to suffer from Brexit because it would hurt “commercial interests”.

Requests for information about the impact on the supply of goods and services, and on EU staff numbers, should be refused, the department of health and social care has said.

Releasing the information could cause trusts “premature financial harm, and so possibly put public wellbeing at risk,” hospital bosses were told. The Independent

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