NHS chiefs urge PM to extend Brexit transition by a month

[Northerner]

NHS leaders have called on Boris Johnson to extend the Brexit transition period by a month, telling the prime minister that a no-deal exit could risk the health of patients during the Covid-19 crisis.

Faced with an alarming rise in infections, they said a month’s delay would take the health service out of “the immediate danger zone” and would “enable the NHS to continue to focus on fighting the pandemic without having to contend with disruptive changes brought about by a no-deal outcome”.

The call came in an NHS Confederation letter telling Johnson that “tough” action similar to the new tier 4 rules was needed to avoid a disruptive cliff-edge moment on 1 January and help protect the NHS.

It said: “There are now nearly 19,000 patients in hospital with Covid-19, close to the first-wave peak, and the conveyor belt is picking up speed as we head into the festive period.”

NHS chiefs urge PM to extend Brexit transition by a month

Crashing out of EU without a deal will put patients at risk and leave health service on cliff edge, says NHS Confederation

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“We are on our way to delivering 50,000 more nurses by the end of this parliament" - repeating that lie just invalidated anything that follows it

 

[mikeyB]

Interesting. When the NHS England start appealing to the English government to extend transition because of the virus, it gets a mention in the news. When the Welsh and Scottish parliaments make the same appeal, as they did last week, they don’t even get a response from BoJo, apart from just ignoring them.

The EU would be minded to allow such a delay, but Boris won’t ask, because he is determined to get a financially ruinous hard Brexit. Then blame the EU for not giving Britain free trade access for nothing.

 

[Northerner]

Interesting. When the NHS England start appealing to the English government to extend transition because of the virus, it gets a mention in the news. When the Welsh and Scottish parliaments make the same appeal, as they did last week, they don’t even get a response from BoJo, apart from just ignoring them.

The EU would be minded to allow such a delay, but Boris won’t ask, because he is determined to get a financially ruinous hard Brexit. Then blame the EU for not giving Britain free trade access for nothing.

Boris couldn't give a hoot about the other nations He is the 'Stinking Billy' of modern-day England