If Brexit brings medicine shortages, how will nurses allay patients’ fears?
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If Brexit brings medicine shortages, how will nurses allay patients’ fears?

Stephanie Jones-Berry Health journalist

With pharmacists already reporting supply problems, nurses are likely to encounter issues such as drug or product substitutions and stockpiling by patients

Three quarters of the UK’s medicines come from the European Union, yet even with a projected Brexit date of 31 October, it is still unclear what the effect will be on supply.

Nursing Standard. 34, 7, 51-54. doi: 10.7748/ns.34.7.51.s21

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