Overview The National Health Service is carrying out planning for a “no deal” Brexit scenario, according to NHS England Chief Executive, Simon Stevens, as Civil Servants have warned of shortages of food, fuel and medicine within weeks if the UK leaves the European Union without a customs arrangement in place. The UK imports 37 million […]

Overview NHS England’s Chief Executive, Simon Stevens, has said that the NHS has “an enormous responsibility” to be financially responsible following the Government’s announcement of a 3.4 per cent annual funding increase for the Health Service over the next five years, breaking with the Government’s eight-year programme of austerity. It is important that the PCF […]

Overview This week the controversial EU (Withdrawal) Bill, which aims to transfer EU law into UK law once the UK leaves the EU, has been adopted by the UK Parliament. The Bill entered the so-called “ping pong” phase, where amendments to a Bill move back and forth between the House of Commons and the House […]