United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 63155
Cannabis: Medical Treatments
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26 June 2025
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4 July 2025 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of permitting GPs to prescribe cannabis-based medicinal products; and what plans he has to ensure NHS access to full-spectrum cannabi
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26 June 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of permitting GPs to prescribe cannabis-based medicinal products; and what plans he has to ensure NHS access to full-spectrum cannabi
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4 July 2025
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The conditions attached to a medicine’s marketing authorisation determine who it can be prescribed by. This may include restricting the initiation of treatments to specialist doctors, as is the case for the licensed cannabis-based medicines Sativex and Ep...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-26/63155
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1817168
- uk · wq-1817168 · source updated 4 July 2025