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No-deal Brexit – the UK is not ready

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In this week’s journal we wrap up our assessment of the UK’s preparedness for a no-deal Brexit in terms of its impact on veterinary practice as well as animal health… Click to show full abstract

In this week’s journal we wrap up our assessment of the UK’s preparedness for a no-deal Brexit in terms of its impact on veterinary practice as well as animal health and welfare. In last week’s issue we rated preparedness in some key areas using a traffic light system and this week we complete that task. Boris Johnson’s government gets an overall rating of red – the UK is not ready. The key areas and their ratings last week were: UK-EU trade (amber), medicines (amber) and the Irish border (red). This week we examine workforce (red), animal welfare (amber), research and education (amber) and animal travel (amber). You might think that simple maths should provide an overall amber score. But there is good reason why we have pushed that to red. The UK is short of vets now – that’s why the Migration Advisory Committee decided to add the …

Keywords: brexit ready; week; deal brexit

Journal Title: Veterinary Record
Year Published: 2019

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