Open AccessWhat if… we left the EU?
Author(s) -
Leahy Patrick,
Gottlieb Grace
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/rcsbull.2016.236
Subject(s) - brexit , affect (linguistics) , political science , left behind , health care , public administration , medicine , law , international trade , psychology , business , european union , communication , psychiatry , mental health
Healthcare policy has generally been left to individual nations within the EU. Nevertheless, there are a number of areas where EU rules have an impact on UK patients and doctors. Patrick Leahy and Grace Gottlieb from our policy team separate fact from fiction in this analysis of how Brexit might affect the NHS.