'Resilience' built in for Noble's medicine stocks

Thursday, 19 September 2019 06:09

By Rob Pritchard @rpritchard9

Officials have built up resilience for medicine stocks at Noble's Hospital for if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

That's according to Health and Social Care Minister, David Ashford MHK, when quizzed about the matter in Tynwald this month.

Mr Ashford went on to say his department is in regular, direct contact with counterparts in the UK for advice and instruction on supply lines for medicines, medical devices and clinical consumables.

Britain is currently due to leave the European Union on October 31.

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