The firm behind the KFC chicken delivery crisis has been awarded a contract to help the NHS in the event of a no-deal Brexit.The health service is expecting shortages of key medicines if we crash out of the bloc on March 29.In preparation, ministers are setting up a logistics hub in Belgium where vital medical supplies can be stockpiled and then ferried into the UK.
Today at Prime Minister’s Questions, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas asked Theresa May whether she could guarantee that people would get their vital medicines. ‘What guarantee can she give that they will be able to get their vital medicines when they need them in the event of a no deal?’supports HTML5 video
There will be a major logistics hub in Belgium where life-saving medicines and equipment, including cancer drugs, stents and implants, will be stored.From there, they will go across the Channel to British ports in Dorset, Hampshire, Kent and Lincolnshire. The deal comes after the Government was forced to cancel a £13.8 million deal with Seaborne Freight to carry goods from mainland Europe because the firm had no ferries.