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UK: Medicinal cannabis legal on prescription

The Independent

Thursday 01 Nov 2018

Patients in Northern Ireland can now be prescribed medicinal cannabis by a specialist doctor.

The Department of Health (DoH) says patients must have unmet clinical needs.

It comes after a summer of campaigning by parents including Charlotte Caldwell from Castlederg, whose son Billy, 13, has severe epilepsy.

Earlier this year, he received national attention when his medicinal cannabis was confiscated by the Home Office after a trip to Canada to access the medication

In early October, Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced a decision to reschedule the products, relaxing the rules around the circumstances in which they can be given to patients, after considering expert advice from a specially commissioned review.

In a statement, the DoH said: "It is important that prescribing decisions are taken by expert clinicians informed by evidence on quality, safety and effectiveness.

"Therefore, prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use is restricted to clinicians listed on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council.

"Cannabis-based products for medicinal use will not be available from General Practitioners."


https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2018-11-01/medicinal-cannabis-legal-on-prescription/

 

 

 

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