Open letter urges PM to improve access to cannabis-based medicines
The families of the campaign End Our Pain have written an open letter to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask for his support with cannabis-based medicine prescriptions.
Stories about cannabis-based medicines
Government urged to deliver on promises around access to cannabis-based medicines
The families of children with severe epilepsy and epilepsy charities are pleading with the UK government to act on promises made two years ago around access to cannabis-based medicines.
Prescription from UK specialist made for nine-year-old whose cannabis-based medicine was confiscated at the airport
A nine-year-old girl, whose cannabis oil had been confiscated at the airport on Saturday, has been given a prescription for the medicine from a UK specialist.
Teagan's cannabis oil had been confiscated at the airport after her mother Emma Appleby brought the three-month supply into the UK illegally from the Netherlands on 6 April.
Specialist clinicians will be able to prescribe cannabis-based medicines from November
The Home Secretary Sajid Javid today formally announced the rescheduling of cannabis-based medicinal products. The changes will come into effect on 1 November.
Specialist clinicians will be able to prescribe cannabis-based medicines by autumn, the Home Office announces
Specialist clinicians will be able to legally prescribe cannabis-based medicines by the autumn, the Home Office has said.
