Alder Hey Children’s Hospital has blocked one of its neurologists from prescribing cannabis medicine to a nine-year-old boy who suffers…
Jan 03
Dec 22
Billy Caldwell ‘exiled’ in Canada by NHS refusal to prescribe cannabis medicine
Charlotte Caldwell has been forced to take her son Billy to Canada to seek medication after doctors cited strict NHS…
Dec 19
Royal College of General Practioners publishes ‘interim guide’ for GPs on cannabis-based medicines
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has published an “interim guide” for GPs advising them on how to handle…
Dec 06
Jorja Emerson faces wait of ‘weeks or months’ for cannabis prescription because ‘no UK pharmacy holds a licence to sell it’
Robin Emerson has said that it will take “weeks or months” to get hold of the cannabis medicine prescribed to…
Nov 19
NICE publishes draft scope for new guideline on cannabis medicine
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a draft scope for its upcoming guidelines on cannabis-based…
Nov 14
Alfie Dingley’s cannabis medicine prescription secured after Mike Barnes intervention
Alfie Dingley will continue to get access to cannabis medicine – after having his licence revoked – thanks to an…
Nov 08
UKCSC chairman Greg de Hoedt demands the right to grow on BBC 5 Live
UKCSC chairman Greg de Hoedt spoke to BBC Radio 5 Drive Time on Wednesday and demanded the government grant cannabis…
Nov 07
Jersey leaves UK mainland trailing as GPs are permitted to prescribe medical cannabis from February 2019
Jersey is often portrayed as a culturally backwards throwback to the 1950s but it has left mainland UK behind when…
Nov 06
Jersey debates proposal to legalise use of medicinal cannabis
The States of Jersey are debating proposals to legalise the use of medicinal cannabis today. Islanders have been able to…
Nov 05
Royal College of Physicians and British Paediatric Neurology Association ‘cruel and ludicrous’, says Penning
Sir Mike Penning has hit out at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and British Paediatric Neurology Association (BPNA) for…
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