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<p>As part of a responsible Government, the Department is doing everything appropriate
to prepare for European Union exit. We want to reassure patients that our plans should
ensure the supply of medicines and medical products remains uninterrupted when we
leave EU on 31 October.</p><p>The Department, in consultation with the devolved administrations,
has been working with trade bodies, product suppliers, and the health and care system
in England to make detailed plans that should ensure continuation of the supply of
medical products, including those for use in radiotherapy, to the whole of the United
Kingdom and its Crown Dependencies.</p><p>As with our plans leading up to 29 March,
for those medicines that cannot be stockpiled because, for example, they have short
shelf-lives, such as medical radioisotopes for use in radiotherapy, we have asked
suppliers to make alternative arrangements, using airfreight, which some suppliers
are already doing now. We have offered support to companies to arrange this.</p><p>On
26 June, we wrote to suppliers of medicines to the UK from or via the EU or European
Economic Area setting out our continuing multi-layered approach to support continuity
of supply of medicines and medical products from 31 October.</p><p>Further details
can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/medicines-and-medical-products-supply-government-updates-no-deal-brexit-plans</a></p>
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