Leaving the EU - Implications for Health and Social Care

Author: Eilis Haughey (Northern Ireland Assembly) and Erin McGinley (SPICe)

PDF Published: Tuesday 30 Jan 2018 (SB 18-07)

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- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Context
  - Regulatory Mechanism
  - Arbitration
  - Negotiations
  - Human Rights
  - No Deal
- Workforce
  - NHS Board Survey Responses
  - Local Authority Survey Responses
  - Other Workforce Data Sources
  - Working Time Directive
- Elements of Reciprocal Healthcare/Free Movement of Healthcare
  - European Health Insurance Card
  - UK Pension Recipients
  - Elective Procedures
- New Medicines, Devices and Clinical Trials
  - New Medicines
  - Medical Devices
  - Clinical Trials
- Research and Life Sciences
- Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications
- Public Health
  - Tobacco Regulation
- EURATOM
- Good Laboratory Practice
- Public Sector Procurement
- Blood, Organs, Tissues and Cells
- Food Compositional Standards and Labelling
- Data Protection
- Parliamentary Work
- Annexe A: Scottish NHS Boards and Local Authority Workforce Responses
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Image: Figure 1: The number of non-UK EEA medical graduates joining (gaining a licence) or leaving (relinquishing a licence to practice for at least one year), Scotland, 2013-2017

Image: Figure 2: The number of non-UK EEA medical graduates joining (gaining a licence) or leaving (relinquishing a licence to practice for at least one year), UK, 2013-2017

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Image: Figure 1: The number of non-UK EEA medical graduates joining (gaining a licence) or leaving (relinquishing a licence to practice for at least one year), Scotland, 2013-2017

Image: Figure 2: The number of non-UK EEA medical graduates joining (gaining a licence) or leaving (relinquishing a licence to practice for at least one year), UK, 2013-2017

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