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The UK’s National Health Service will suffer in all likely Brexit scenarios, with a “no-deal” exit—in which the UK would divorce from the European Union without an agreed-upon separation plan—creating the most havoc, according to a report published yesterday (February 25) in The Lancet. The study, which modeled possible effects of the UK’s departure from the European Union, found that public health would face negative consequences as a result of shortages in medical supplies, understaffing, and reduced investment.
“Some people will dismiss our analysis as ‘Project Fear,’” study coauthor Martin McKee of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says in a statement, referencing a disparaging term used by pro-Brexit politicians during and after the UK’s referendum campaign. “But with just over a month to go to Brexit . . . it just isn’t good enough to keep saying that ‘something will work out’ without ...
