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Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency guidance on the use of medicinal cannabis.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency guidance on the use of medicinal cannabis.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Rules around the electronic prescribing of cannabis-based medicines are no different to other drugs regulated in Schedule 2 to 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.In England, the NHS Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) enables the electronic trans...

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