Intellectual property and Brexit

Intellectual property and Brexit
Intellectual Property Office 10 October 2019

• Guidance on trade marks, designs, patents right law, and exhaustion of IP rights after Brexit.

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill - Briefing

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Nuffield Trust 2 June 2019

• The briefing looks both at the direct provisions of the Bill, and at the context of EU exit and the Immigration White Paper which will determine its impact in practice.

Brexit - Parliamentary output

Brexit: research and analysis
UK Parliament

• Research and analysis from Parliament's libraries and committees on issues related to leaving the European Union
• You can subscribe to Brexit email alerts to recieve new research as it is published by UK Parliament.

Brexit: a reading list of post-EU Referendum publications by Parliament and the Devolved Assemblies

House of Commons Library 28 May 2019

• This reading list brings together briefings on Brexit by the Parliamentary libraries and the Devolved Assembly research services with reports by Parliamentary and Devolved Assembly committees following the result of the EU Referendum on 23 June 2016.

Brexit statements

House of Commons Library 21 May 2019

• Links to a selection of statements made in the House of Commons. It includes written and oral statements that have referenced Brexit in the title or in the statement since the EU referendum. This paper will be updated periodically.

Healthcare for EU and EFTA nationals living in the UK

Healthcare for EU and EFTA nationals living in the UK 
DHSC 19 March 2019

• Information on healthcare for European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) citizens living in the UK, if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
• The government has proposed to EU member states and EFTA states (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland) to maintain the existing healthcare arrangements in a no-deal scenario. This offer will apply until December 2020.

Planning for a possible no-deal EU Exit: information for the health and care sector

Planning for a possible no-deal EU Exit: information for the health and care sector
DHSC 11 January 2019 updated 14 March 2019

• Guidance for industry and organisations involved in health and care about contingency plans for a no-deal Brexit. This page brings together documents published on GOV.UK about contingency planning for organisations involved in the health and care sector.
• Contents
• Medicines and medical products: guidance
• Blood, organs and tissues: guidance
• Health and care services: guidance
• Funding programmes
• Food and animal feed
• Tobacco and e-cigarettes
• Correspondence
• News archive

Update on medicines and medical products supply as we exit the EU

Update on medicines and medical products supply as we exit the EU
DHSC 25 February 2019

• Further details of the preparations underway to minimise disruption of the supply of medicines and medical products in a no-deal EU Exit.
• DHSC has put in place a multi-layered approach to minimise any supply disruption, including:
• securing, via the Department for Transport, additional roll-on, roll-off freight capacity away from Dover and Folkestone for goods to continue to come into the UK from 29 March
• buffer stocks and stockpiling, where this is practical, or asking industry or NHS Supply Chain to build up buffer stocks in the UK before 29 March
• buying extra warehouse space to hold additional stock
• booking space on aeroplanes for products that require an immediate shipment due to short shelf-life or specific storage conditions
• making changes to, or clarifications of, regulatory requirements so companies can continue to sell their products in the UK even if we have no deal
• strengthening the processes and resources used to deal with shortages in the event that they do occur despite everyone’s efforts

Hard facts about a soft Brexit and the NHS

Hard facts about a soft Brexit and the NHS
Nuffield Trust 22 February 2019
What the so-called "Norway model" might mean for the NHS.

• A large cross-party group of MPs have been trying to promote the "Norway model", a softer form of Brexit, as “Common Market 2.0”.
• All these refer to essentially the same model – for the UK to leave the EU but remain in a shared single market, either through the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement that gives this status to Norway and Iceland, or a new similar agreement. 
• Compared to a harder Brexit, the most obvious implications for the NHS would be on supplies. With the free movement of goods and services would come the free movement of labour.
• Perhaps the biggest disadvantage usually cited for a single market Brexit is that it relegates the UK to being what Norwegians call a “fax democracy”: a country bound to follow rules made by the European Council, Commission and Parliament, but without representation in those organisations.

One of a collection on Brexit and the NHS from Nuffield Trust

EU Settlement Scheme

EU Settlement Scheme: Apply to stay in the UK after it leaves the EU
UK Government

• The EU Settlement Scheme, which allows people to apply to stay in the UK after it leaves the EU, is now open and accepting applications. There are a number of resources to help EU staff to make an application. 
• The scheme opens fully on 30 March 2019. For this phase of the roll-out the application remains in digital format only, but the alternative application routes are expected in due course.
• The Home Office has published an EU Settlement Scheme employer toolkit which equips employers with the right tools and information to support EU citizens and their families to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.

What the Brexit withdrawal agreement means for the NHS

What the Brexit withdrawal agreement means for the NHS
Nuffield Trust December 2018

• A briefing for MPs ahead of the meaningful vote on the Brexit withdrawal agreement and political declaration agreed with the EU. This briefing lays out what these documents mean for the NHS and social care. It also looks at the implications of two possible alternatives: a no deal Brexit, and arrangements where the UK stays in the single market. 

Brexit and the Health and Social Care Workforce in the UK

Brexit and the Health and Social Care Workforce in the UK
National Institute of Social and Economic Research 5 November 2018

• This report reveals that the NHS could be short of 51,000 nurses by the end of the Brexit transition period. 
• The report, commissioned by the Cavendish Coalition representing 36 health and social care organisations, also highlights the increasingly crucial role that EU nationals are playing in UK social care services.