APPG on HIV & AIDS writes to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care about access to HIV medicines in the event of a "no deal" Brexit

Earlier this year the APPG on HIV & AIDS wrote to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care about access to HIV medicines in the event of a “no deal” Brexit amid concerns that a new government regulation - the serious shortage protocols - would allow pharmacists to change prescriptions in the event of medicine shortages.

Civil society organisations contacted the APPG about their concerns regarding the lack of consultation on the impact of these protocols on people living with HIV and highlighted that only an HIV consultant is qualified to alter a patient’s HIV medication safely.

We raised these concerns and asked for a full outline of the Government’s strategy for ensuring access to HIV medicines after Brexit. You can see the Government’s full response below.