Dear Colleague

The UK is due to leave the European Union on 29th March 2019.

Welsh Government aims to provide regular updates for health and care staff and wider stakeholders, and their latest update is attached.

A range of other resources is available to support PTHB staff and stakeholders:

Preparing for ‘no-deal’ Brexit: The Impact for Wales

Information about preparations for a ‘no-deal’ Brexit across Wales is available from the Welsh Government website athttps://beta.gov.wales/preparing-wales

Preparing for ‘no-deal’ Brexit: The Impact for the Welsh NHS

Information about preparations for a ‘no-deal’ Brexit across the NHS in Wales is available from the Welsh Government website at https://beta.gov.wales/preparing-wales-brexit/health-and-social-services

Information for EU staff working in the NHS, including applications for settled status, is available from the UK Government website at https://eucitizensrights.campaign.gov.uk/

FAQs for health and care staff are available from the NHS Confederation Wales website at https://www.nhsconfed.org/resources/2019/02/managing-eu-withdrawal-in-health-and-social-care-in-wales-faqs

Preparing for ‘no-deal’ Brexit: Arrangements in PTHB

Powys Teaching Health Board is planning for Brexit, including for a potential ‘no-deal’ Brexit. Our planning includes:

·         Working as part of the all-Wales Brexit leadership and planning arrangements established by Welsh Government, including in relation to supply chain management (see https://beta.gov.wales/preparing-wales for more details of the national arrangements)

·         Participating in local planning, testing and reporting arrangements through the Dyfed Powys Local Resilience Forum.

·         Providing information to PTHB employees to enable them to apply for settled status (see https://eucitizensrights.campaign.gov.uk/ for more information about this scheme).

·         Ensuring that internal business continuity plans are in place in accordance with our Business Continuity Policy.

·         Putting in place arrangements to communicate about the impact of ‘no-deal’ Brexit, including a dedicated web page at www.powysthb.wales.nhs.uk/brexit and www.biapowys.cymru.nhs.uk/brexit-cy