Fear over medical supplies

COMPANIES involved in transporting medicine into the UK still do not know what will happen at the borders in the event of a no-deal Brexit, industry leaders said.

With five-and-a-half weeks to go until October 31, experts said they have a “very, very significantly compressed timeframe” in which to prepare.

Stockpiles, ranging from supplies of six weeks to six months of the 9000 medicines that come from the EU, are already in place.