Alder Hey Children’s Hospital has blocked one of its neurologists from prescribing cannabis medicine to a nine-year-old boy who suffers up to 300 seizures a day. Joanne Griffiths fears her
Charlotte Caldwell has been forced to take her son Billy to Canada to seek medication after doctors cited strict NHS guidance to say they could not prescribe cannabis unless there
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has published an “interim guide” for GPs advising them on how to handle enquiries from patients about cannabis medicine. Only specialists, not GPs,
Robin Emerson has said that it will take “weeks or months” to get hold of the cannabis medicine prescribed to his two-year-old daughter Jorja because no UK pharmacy has a
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a draft scope for its upcoming guidelines on cannabis-based products for medicinal use. Out for consultation between 13 November
Alfie Dingley will continue to get access to cannabis medicine – after having his licence revoked – thanks to an intervention by Professor Mike Barnes. The family’s long fight contributed
UKCSC chairman Greg de Hoedt spoke to BBC Radio 5 Drive Time on Wednesday and demanded the government grant cannabis users the right to grow. Co-host Tony Livesey told listeners
Jersey is often portrayed as a culturally backwards throwback to the 1950s but it has left mainland UK behind when it comes to legalising cannabis medicine after politicians there voted
The States of Jersey are debating proposals to legalise the use of medicinal cannabis today. Islanders have been able to receive a free prescription for a cannabis-based painkiller since January
Sir Mike Penning has hit out at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and British Paediatric Neurology Association (BPNA) for “crushing the hopes of many thousands of patients” with guidelines
