The Tory plan for no-deal medical shortages is staggeringly negligent | Jolyon Maugham

The government's 'serious shortage protocols' are a real danger to the British public's health - and may be illegal

" Jolyon Maugham QC is a director of the Good Law Project

"A no-deal Brexit " is expected to have an immediate and drastic effect on supply chains" for medicines. From the pen of an op-ed writer, such language might seem alarmist. But this comes from a report published this week in the Lancet, a world-class scientific journal - and it should terrify you.

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