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JDRF is committed to ensuring that the needs of people with type 1 diabetes are taken into account and prioritised in the event of a no deal Brexit and is working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care on the situation for insulin supplies. The UK government advises that...

The Diabetes UK media team are looking for someone in or near London who uses Sanofi brand insulin for a piece they’re working on with the BBC. The BBC are producing a piece on Brexit, and want to speak to someone who uses Sanofi brand insulin about any concerns they might have in the event of a...

Has anyone else noticed the similarities between managing Brexit and managing Diabetes? I mean, it could go either way:), it could run smoothly without any problems or it could get difficult, you just never know what's ahead! Interestingly, the person (Prime Minister) leading the Brexit is...

Britain’s biggest insulin supplier has said it is building up a four-month stockpile to ensure that diabetic patients are not left without vital medications in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Danish Novo Nordisk supplies just over half of the UK’s insulin and says it is “significantly”...

There’s been a bit of a row this week after one of the UK’s senior health regulators issued a stark warning over what a no-deal Brexit could mean for the supply of medicines. https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-are-insulin-supplies-really-at-risk-from-a-no-deal-brexit

Around 10,000 EU nationals have quit the NHS since the Brexit referendum, it has emerged. NHS Digital, the agency that collects data on the health service, found that in the 12 months to June, 9,832 EU doctors, nurses and support staff had left, with more believed to have followed in the past...

Hundreds of thousands of elderly Britons living in Europe may be forced to return to the UK unless the government guarantees that their healthcare will continue to be reimbursed by the NHS, campaigners for British people settled in Spain and France have warned. The House of Commons Brexit...

Dozens of MPs have signed a joint letter, organised by a group that aims to hold leave campaigners to their pre-referendum promises, which calls on the government to uphold the most infamous Brexit promise of all – £350m more a week to be spent on the NHS. The letter, signed by 41 MPs, mainly...