The NHS and future trade agreements: implications for devolved nations
This briefing examines how free trade agreements negotiated at a UK level could impact the NHS in Wales and devolved administrations.
This briefing examines how free trade agreements negotiated at a UK level could impact the NHS in Wales and how the key asks may differ between national and devolved administrations.
It starts to examine how free trade agreements (FTAs) negotiated at a UK level could impact the NHS in Wales and how the key asks may differ between national and devolved administrations. FTAs should not result is lowering standards or increasing costs for patients and the health and social care system. This is also an opportunity to promote the core principles of the Welsh NHS, including equality, prevention and the wellbeing of future generations.
