The UK government has reviewed alternative transport routes and created a plan to prioritise medicine in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to an NHS England letter to pharmacists. Dr Keith Ridge, chief pharmaceutical officer at NHS England England, warned pharmacists against stockpiling medicines, which can cause an unnecessary shortage for patients in another area. The issue of Serious Shortage Protocols will enable ministers to allow pharmacists to provide substitute medicines if necessary, while the Department of Health has agreed contracts for extra warehouse capacity for its own stockpile of medicines for the NHS England.
The UK government has reviewed alternative transport routes and created a plan to prioritise medicine in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to an NHS letter to pharmacists. Dr Keith Ridge, chief pharmaceutical officer at NHS England, warned pharmacists against stockpiling medicines, which can cause an unnecessary shortage for patients in another area. The issue of Serious Shortage Protocols will enable ministers to allow pharmacists to provide substitute medicines if necessary, while the Department of Health has agreed contracts for extra warehouse capacity for its own stockpile of medicines for the NHS.