Preparing for No Deal Brexit

Whilst discussions continue at a national level on the plans and timetable for the UK to leave the European Union, organisations across the UK including the NHS continue to plan for a potential ‘no-deal’ Brexit on 29 March 2019.

Welsh Government aims to provide regular updates for health and care staff and wider stakeholders, and their latest update is attached.

A range of other resources is available to support PTHB staff and stakeholders:

Preparing for ‘no-deal’ Brexit: The Impact for Wales

Information about preparations for a ‘no-deal’ Brexit across Wales is available from the Welsh Government website at https://beta.gov.wales/preparing-wales

Preparing for ‘no-deal’ Brexit: The Impact for the Welsh NHS

Information about preparations for a ‘no-deal’ Brexit across the NHS in Wales is available from the Welsh Government website at https://beta.gov.wales/preparing-wales-brexit/health-and-social-services

Information for EU staff working in the NHS, including applications for settled status, is available from the UK Government website at https://eucitizensrights.campaign.gov.uk/

FAQs for health and care staff are available from the NHS Confederation Wales website at https://www.nhsconfed.org/resources/2019/02/managing-eu-withdrawal-in-health-and-social-care-in-wales-faqs

Preparing for ‘no-deal’ Brexit: Arrangements in PTHB

Powys Teaching Health Board is planning for Brexit, including for a potential ‘no-deal’ Brexit. Our planning includes:

·         Working as part of the all-Wales Brexit leadership and planning arrangements established by Welsh Government, including in relation to supply chain management (see https://beta.gov.wales/preparing-wales for more details of the national arrangements)

·         Participating in local planning, testing and reporting arrangements through the Dyfed Powys Local Resilience Forum.

·         Providing information to PTHB employees to enable them to apply for settled status (see https://eucitizensrights.campaign.gov.uk/ for more information about this scheme).

·         Ensuring that internal business continuity plans are in place in accordance with our Business Continuity Policy.

·         Putting in place arrangements to communicate about the impact of ‘no-deal’ Brexit, including a dedicated web page at www.powysthb.wales.nhs.uk/brexit andwww.biapowys.cymru.nhs.uk/brexit-cy

·         Establishing arrangements for daily steady state reporting as part of Local Resilience Forum arrangements.