Brexit's Impact on UK Health and Social Care: A Comprehensive Analysis

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ACADEMIC
SKILLS A2

BREXIT IMPACT ON HEALTH & SOCIAL
CARE
 Brexit has impacted
health and social
care significantly in
financial and other
context.
 It has lowered the
wages of the health
and social care
staff.
 NHS funding was
decreased due to
reduction in the
pound value.
 It has raised the
concerns regarding
the access to
medical equipment
and supplies from
EU.

IMPACT ON STAFF
 Currently, the NHS
trusts has been
dealing with the
issues of staff
shortage.
 These issues have
been prevalent in
the staff of doctors,
nurses and health
care professionals.
 Millions of health
care staff working
in UK health care
sector belong to
European Union.
 Brexit will result in
staff mobility and
enhance vacancies
in health and social
care sector.

SECONDARY DATA - IMPACT OF
BREXIT ON WORKFORCE
Overview of total social care workforce inShare of EU nationals in UK health and
Social care

BREXIT IMPACT ON OTHER ASPECTS
Regulation on medicines
• Being the part of European
Medicines Agency, UK
people
will get priority access to
treatments as well as new
drugs.
• Safe access to nuclear
materials required for
cancer treatment
will continue being a member
of Euratom.
Funding
• Uncertainty aroused due to UK’s exit in health and social
care of UK.
• The settlement of five-year funding can help NHS funding
but only for certain extent.
• There would be enhancement in the struggles of NHS from
financial and funding point of view.
Medical research
• UK stands behind the
other economies when it
comes to national fund
investment in R&D.
• Critical clarity regarding
the regulations of clinical
trials.
• Partnerships with
scientists and researchers
of EU would be beneficial
for UK health and social

REFERENCES
 Fahy, N., Hervey, T., Greer, S., Jarman, H.,
Stuckler, D., Galsworthy, M. and McKee,
M., 2017. How will Brexit affect health
and health services in the UK? Evaluating
three possible scenarios. The
Lancet, 390(10107), pp.2110-2118.
 Dolton, P., Nguyen, D., Castellanos, M.
and Rolfe, H., 2018. Brexit and the
Health & Social Care Workforce in the
UK. Report to the Cavendish Coalition,
NIESR (forthcoming).
 Simpkin, V.L. and Mossialos, E., 2017.
Brexit and the NHS: challenges,