New report from the well-respected Nuffield Foundation on healthcare and Brexit. States the government has failed to resolve key post-Brexit issues affecting health and social care.
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Key findings include- Workforce-related issues such as staffing, sustainability and wellbeing were the most pressing concern to interviewees following the introduction of new immigration rules. The situation in social care is the most urgent, where new immigration rules effectively halt immigration from the EEA.
- The medicines, medical devices and life sciences industry in the UK faces great uncertainty. Border bureaucracy has increased dramatically, and clear plans are lacking to keep areas of health care attractive or competitive.
- Pledges to keep the NHS and medicines prices "off the table" in trade negotiations mean little without specific commitments on key areas such as patent protections and investment rules. Transparency and engagement with the health sector have both been limited.
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https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/res...exit-in-the-uk