United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 4348
Cannabis: Medical Treatments
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23 October 2019
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1 November 2019 · Answer
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1 November 2019
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on ensuring that medical cannabis containing THC is available on the NHS for patients for whom clinicians have deemed it clinically appropriate.
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23 October 2019
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on ensuring that medical cannabis containing THC is available on the NHS for patients for whom clinicians have deemed it clinically appropriate.
Source: Commons
1 November 2019
Answer
The law was changed on 1 November 2018 to allow clinicians on the General Medical Council’s ‘Specialist Register’ to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use, where clinically appropriate and in the best interest of patients. The Government has...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2019-10-23/4348
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1151821
- uk · wq-1151821 · source updated 1 November 2019