Emergency “trauma packs†flown into the UK during terrorist attacks are being stockpiled in Britain by the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson over concerns of a risk to life from border delays in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
The company said the move was being made due to the danger posed to the “routine and rapid†provision of the vital emergency equipment it provides to the NHS in times of emergency from a distribution plant in Belgium.
Hospitals do not generally keep large stocks of such emergency packs due to the risk of the devices or medicines contained within them running past their product shelf life.
The development highlights the dependence of the UK on
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