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UK-US trade deal will mean the NHS has to divert billions from other services to pay more for new medicines
Around £45 billion in NHS funding will be diverted from other NHS care by 2036 to pay more for new medicines under the UK-U.S. trade deal agreed last December unless more funding is made available to cover the additional costs, suggests…
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An analysis in The BMJ estimates that the UK‑U.S. trade deal will force the NHS to divert about £45 billion from other services by 2036 to cover higher drug costs. The shift could cut spending on other health interventions, potentially raising excess preventable deaths by 229,000 by 2036—more than the 137,000 deaths linked to COVID‑19 between March 2020 and June 2022. Including indirect effects on adult social care, the projected excess deaths rise to 291,000. Most of these deaths would likely involve patients with cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal disease and cancer.
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