Medicines

The NHS, the Department of Health and Social Care, and medical companies are prepared for Brexit. Plans are in place to help ensure you keep getting your medicines and medical products.

What you should do:

If you or someone you care for regularly takes medication you should:

• Keep ordering your prescriptions in the usual way
• Take your medicines as normal

If you’re concerned about treatment, please speak to your pharmacist, GP or specialist.

Vaccines

• The government, NHS and Public Health England have been working closely together to ensure vaccines will continue to be available as needed after the UK leaves the EU.
• Where vaccines need to be brought in from the EU they are covered by the government’s contingency plans, which means the products can be quickly imported at short notice if necessary. This will include air freight for products which have a short shelf life and cannot be stockpiled.

Did you know?

• Companies supplying the UK with medicines and medical products already have additional stocks in the UK in preparation for Brexit.
• The Department of Health and Social Care has secured more warehouse space to keep the extra medicines in.
• The government now has contracts with transport services to keep the flow of medicines and medical products coming into the UK. This includes aeroplane courier services to get medicines into the UK within 24 hours if needed, as well as priority space on other routes such as ferries.