\n Since Brexit, there have been notable shortages of life-saving drugs in the UK.\n<\/p>\n
\n Research last year by think tank the Nuffield Trust and academics, which was funded by the Health<\/a> Foundation, highlighted \u201cunderlying fragilities\u201d in both the global and UK medicine supply chain<\/a> .\n<\/p>\n \n It said while problems in the UK were not caused by Brexit, leaving the European Union<\/a> (EU) has exacerbated them.\n<\/p>\n \n \n This is due to the fall in the value of sterling and the UK being removed from EU supply chains.\n<\/p>\n \n The SNP<\/a> have now accused the Labour UK Government<\/a> of \u201cpresiding over Brexit-induced chaos in healthcare across the UK\u201d.\n<\/p>\n \n “Keir Starmer<\/a> this week talked about a \u2018re-alignment\u2019 with the EU but he can\u2019t escape the fact that the Labour Party<\/a> is wedded to it – no matter the damage it causes to Scotland,\u201d MSP Emma Harper said.\n<\/p>\n \n \n \u201cStarmer\u2019s Government is presiding over a Brexit-induced chaos in healthcare across the UK.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n She added: \u201cFamilies up and down the country are already struggling under disastrous Starmer policies, and now, as a result of being taken out of the EU despite not voting to leave, it\u2019s becoming harder for Scots to access vital medication.\n<\/p>\n \n “The Labour UK Government must act urgently to address the ongoing issue of medicine shortages. While Starmer and Streeting fight over who deserves the keys to No.10, it\u2019s clear that their internal politics holds more importance than the health of the people of the country they attempt to govern.\n<\/p>\n \n “The SNP is the only party offering Scotland a route back to the EU as an independent country. It shows why voting SNP is essential to stand up for Scotland, protect our NHS and secure a fresh start for Scotland with independence.”\n<\/p>\n \n The Department of Health and Social Care has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Freedom of Information (FOI) request has shown that since July 2024, pharmacists across the UK were told…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[102,6591,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-362402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20402880.jpg\"\/)
<\/a>\n<\/p>\nEmma Harper\n<\/p>\n