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HEALTH ECONOMICS POLICY AND LAW
卷 17, 期 4, 页码 471-496出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133122000044
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Health policy; European Union; Brexit; trade
This article examines the likely impacts on the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement through a 'building blocks' framework. While there are positive impacts in trade, cooperation, and regulatory aspects, only one of the 17 NHS 'building blocks' supports positive health and care outcomes.
The UK's relationship with the European Union (EU) is now embodied in two principal legal instruments: the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which formally entered into force on 1 May 2021; and the Withdrawal Agreement, with its Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, which continues to apply. Using a 'building blocks' framework for analysis of national health systems derived from the World Health Organisation, this article examines the likely impacts in the UK of this legal settlement on the National Health Service (NHS), health and social care. Specifically, we determine the extent to which the trade, cooperation and regulatory aspects of those legal measures support positive impacts for the NHS and social care. We show that, as there is clear support for positive health and care outcomes in only one of the 17 NHS 'building blocks', unless mitigating action is taken, the likely outcomes will be detrimental. However, as the legal settlement gives the UK a great deal of regulatory freedom, especially in Great Britain, we argue that it is crucial to track the effects of proposed new health and social care-related policy choices in the months and years ahead.
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