Impact of Brexit on Healthcare in the UK

Healthcare In
UK
After Brexit

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
How UK affected after the separation from European union.....................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The health care system of UK has affected when the country has withdrawal from
European union. The purpose of EU is to promote monetary system that provides flow of goods
to people in various countries. But after getting separated from EU, the country has to face many
challenges in context of health care services to citizens (Appleby and Dayan, 2018). From this
decision of UK, there are almost all part of the country that are affected. In this report, the impact
on citizens with respect to health care services are cover. The UK implemented various services
of organisation from which they can deliver care services to citizens after separation.
MAIN BODY
How UK affected after the separation from European union.
The separation of United kingdom from European union is termed as Brexit. The
European country refers to economic and political union of different 28 countries. With the help
of this union, people are free to move, work and live in their chosen country. They provide free
trade and goods to people of the country. After the withdrawal of UK from European union, UK
faces many challenges at the time of delivering health care to citizens. The UK joined European
union in 1973 but detached from union on 2019. This negatively impact on health care services
of country as healthcare organisations challenges in delivering care (Brändle, Galpin and Trenz,
2018). The problem arise in the country are such as availability of vaccines and medicines,
workforce, financing problems, health care professionals and research or information to
residents. The country has also faces various problems on economic sector such as trading,
migration of labours and industries.
The European union provides efficient resources to all countries so that people can gain
effective services of health care. The impact of Brexit occur high which become the low
investment of economy in public. After separation, the UK does not have good trade deal as EU
offers to their union countries (Esmaeilzadeh and Mirzaei, 2018). Whenever a new country joins
in European union then the health care services are start improving in their country. The
detachment cause negative impact on health of population occur. The EU laws on health is
structured in a way that they consider employment rights and policies from which a good health
can be sustained. When UK is in the union scheme of EU, they are protect rights of NHS and
other social care services from which health care services can be effectively provided to users.
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