Professor Dame Sally Davies said that some medicines could not be stockpiled because they had short shelf lives Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty ImagesEngland’s most senior medical adviser has warned that people could die as a result of shortages of medical supplies in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Professor Dame Sally Davies, the outgoing chief medical officer, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Everyone has worked very hard to prepare but I will say what I said before. We cannot guarantee that there will not be shortages not only of medicines but technology and gadgets. [Patients’ lives] are at risk.”Operation Yellowhammer, the leaked government document outlining the impact of no-deal Brexit, found that supply chains for medicines and medical products were “particularly vulnerable” to disruption at the Channel ports. Some medical supplies cannot be stockpiled because they…

Source: The Times October 10, 2019 08:03 UTC