{"id":136709,"date":"2025-05-27T19:36:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/136709\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T19:36:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:36:12","slug":"brexit-blocking-cancer-treatments-slashing-jobs-isolating-scotland-scottish-national-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/136709\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit blocking cancer treatments, slashing jobs & isolating Scotland \u2014 Scottish National Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Europe Day saw the SNP calling for urgent clarity and action from the UK government following alarming reports that Brexit is severely undermining doctors ability to offer NHS patients new cancer drugs<\/a>\u00a0and treatments.<\/p>\n

The devastating consequences of Brexit<\/a>\u00a0continue to mount, from blocking access to life-saving cancer treatments, to hiking the cost-of-living<\/a>\u00a0and undermining family travel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A leaked report has revealed that cancer patients in the UK are being denied access to life-saving medicine and that trials for cutting-edge treatment are being derailed due to increased red tape and spiralling costs created by Brexit.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the long-term consequences of Brexit continue to deepen across public services, the economy and everyday life.<\/p>\n

Despite these mounting problems, Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour continues to back Brexit<\/a>\u00a0whilst tying the UK into trade negotiations with America<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a scenario making the UK beholden to Donald Trump\u2019s whims<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This situation leaves the SNP as the only party in Scotland credibly offering a clear route back to the EU.<\/p>\n

SNP MSP Clare Haughey<\/a>\u00a0MSP, a former nurse, said that it was \u201cutterly indefensible that cancer patients in Scotland are being denied access to life-saving treatments because of Brexit.\u201d<\/p>\n

She described this situation as a direct consequence of Brexit and decisions made at Westminster \u2013 decisions which Scotland rejected.<\/p>\n

Ms Haughey continued, \u201cOur NHS staff are doing their best under impossible circumstances, but they are being forced to navigate red tape and rising costs that are putting lives at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

She described Brexit as not just a political error but \u201ca slow motion crisis\u201d and\u00a0added, \u201cIt is making people poorer, isolating our NHS, harming Scottish businesses, and stealing opportunities from our young people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The SNP MSP concluded by saying, \u201cScotland did not vote for this<\/a>\u00a0and we should not be forced to accept it. Labour\u2019s broken Brexit Britain is failing, and only independence can give us the tools to build a better future, back in the heart of Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Europe Day saw the SNP calling for urgent clarity and action from the UK government following alarming reports…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,2000,299,5187,1699,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-136709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-european-union","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114581483274349255","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}