Uk Gov preparations for a no deal scenario

[Yorkie62]

GSK are the biggest pharma manufacturer in the UK with around 5,000 manufacturing jobs
AstraZeneca, Baxter and Novartis are some other big ones with about 100-1000 manufacturing jobs each.
Almac, BCM, BSI & IDIS are possibly the "high end" ones - dealing in genetic medicines - those might be the guys who get a mention on a Jeremy show.

But that's deflecting from the issue. How the EU deals with it is for the EU to worry about. How the UK deals with it is what the UK should be focussing on.

Just recapped on iplayer the statements made regarding drugs imports and exports on the Jeremy Vince show. Some details for you:

Given by Roy Lilley - former Chair of NHS Trust in Surrey
UK imports approx. 37million packets of drugs from EU each month
UK Exports approximately 42million packets of drugs to EU every month of these 106 are only made in the UK and are regarded as high end products.

[WTFH]

Given by Roy Lilley - former Chair of NHS Trust in Surrey

He's never actually worked in pharma manufacturing, only in the NHS. I've done more work in pharmaceutical manufacturing than he has.

UK imports approx. 37million packets of drugs from EU each month
UK Exports approximately 42million packets of drugs to EU every month of these 106 are only made in the UK and are regarded as high end products.

Are you saying the UK exports 42,000,000 packets of drugs to the EU each month, but only 106 out of the 42,000,000 are uniquely made in the UK? The numbers are either misleading (106 different drugs out of how many, and compared to the overall total) or irrelevant (106 packets).
I suspect it's misleading.

[sasguru]

Just recapped on iplayer the statements made regarding drugs imports and exports on the Jeremy Vince show. Some details for you:

Given by Roy Lilley - former Chair of NHS Trust in Surrey
UK imports approx. 37million packets of drugs from EU each month
UK Exports approximately 42million packets of drugs to EU every month of these 106 are only made in the UK and are regarded as high end products.

No of packets of drugs are irrelevant e.g. if 10 million are aspirin.

[vetran]

Lets hope sassy's anti-cretinism medication will not be affected.....

well it doesn't seem to be working, maybe changing it will be an improvement.

[DimPrawn]

What a stupid statement to make particularly from a pharma supplier. Who was it out of interest?
The way it works is that various drug companies have products specialised for various diseases.
It's unlikely that the UK deals with more diseases than all the other EU pharma companies combined.
Even if that is true that is of scant comfort to those who have diseases dependent on EU companies' drugs.

Who needs these daft EU medicines anyway.

Patients with a cough are told to reach for HONEY instead of calling their GP for antibiotics | Daily Mail Online

And if honey isn't available, we will prescribe good British jam!

[meridian]

Who needs these daft EU medicines anyway.

Patients with a cough are told to reach for HONEY instead of calling their GP for antibiotics | Daily Mail Online

And if honey isn't available, we will prescribe good British jam!

Manuka honey, from New Zealand. It’ll be stuck at the ports for the next six months.

[vetran]

Manuka honey, from New Zealand. It’ll be stuck at the ports for the next six months.

thats fine honey doesn't go off!

[meridian]

thats fine honey doesn't go off!

Doesn’t it? Mine seems to crystallise in the cupboard after a couple of months, maybe it’s just cheap stuff.

[meridian]

Coincidentally, a reply from Hammond to Morgan today on the cost of “no deal”, reiterating that the government’s official estimated cost is additional borrowing of around £80 billion per year by 2034.

10 times the cost of paying into the EU to stand on our own. We’re being softened up to accept the Chequers deal....

[AtW]

"Britons living elsewhere in Europe could lose access to UK banking and pension services without EU action"

Why the fook this should even possibly happen, can't a UK citizen have a UK bank account whilst living in the USA?