Brain prize winner calls Brexit a 'disaster' for the NHS and science

Pioneering dementia scientist Prof John Hardy to donate prize money to anti-Brexit group

A predicted exodus of European doctors, nurses and care workers following Brexit will be disastrous for Alzheimer's patients and their families, according to a pioneering dementia scientist who was on Tuesday named as a joint recipient of the world's most prestigious prize in neuroscience.

Speaking at a press conference in London ahead of the announcement of the winners of the 2018 Brain prize, Prof John Hardy, of University College London, described the UK leaving the EU as an "unmitigated disaster for science and an unmitigated disaster for the health service", adding that he planned to donate some of his prize money to the anti-Brexit campaign group Best for Britain.