A doctor says he is worried insulin supplies will run out if there is a no-deal Brexit in March.

Dr Julian Spinks who is the vice chairman of the Kent Local Medical Committee thinks it is a real possibly there could be a shortage of supplies when we leave the European Union.

The GP spoke out as the UK's largest supplier of insulin said it is also concerned about how medical supplies could be hit when we leave.

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Pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk says it has 18 weeks' worth of reserves in case of a no-deal Brexit.

The Department of Health says medicines won't be short if “everyone does what they are supposed to”.

But bosses say they are urging the government to open-up more shipping routes and ports to prepare for Brexit and the pharmaceutical giant has also booked flight freight space as a precaution and that medical supplies could be impacted if there is no deal.

Dr Spinks, who based at Court View Surgery in Darnley Road, Strood, said: "I must say I am very concerned about it because some of the medicine they are saying could be in short supply actually very, very important medications which keep people alive, particularly things like insulin.

"Insulin has to be stored properly and refrigerated which means it can't be stored sitting in the docks on a lorry for too long a time.

"Insulin is a real worry as we don't actually manufacture the types of insulin most people use in the UK.

"We have one small manufacturer that manufactures animal insulin, but people don't use that and so we rely on imports coming in from Europe mostly to provide the insulin most people need and any delays or shortages in those supplies really do risk peoples' lives.

"I am told by the government and by NHS England that things have been put in place to make sure that we have some central stockpiles of medication to try and tide us over if there are shortages.

"So hopefully that will do the trick, however, I am never fully confident that there won't be a situation where this is ongoing as its all very well preparing for the first few days and weeks, but if we have delays continuing at ports then this may go on for years."

The GP is also worried the county's transport network could get get jammed up leading to a further shortage of medical supplies.

Dr Spinks added: "I have lived in Kent for over 30 year and I know what the roads are like it and its on a knife's edge.

"It doesn't take much to jam the county and so the problem with lorries trying to get out of the county and getting into the county may actually mean that road travel is difficult to transport things on a regular and routine basis may mean people don't get the things they need.

"I think that being so dependant on the Dover Calais route does leave us very open and there are other ports and maybe we do need to be looking at putting capacity elsewhere."