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1003743

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the (a) knowledge and (b) awareness among GPs of the benefits of medicinal cannabis.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	189815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has rescheduled cannabis-based products for medicinal use from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. Doctors on the specialist register of the General Medical Council may now prescribe these products where there might be potential benefit to individual patients. General practitioners will not be able to prescribe but the Government has commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to produce guidance for all clinicians by October 2019.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2018 11:38:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1005764

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of NHS and medical professional body guidelines on the prescription of medicinal cannabis in ensuring the eligibility for prescription of patients for whom that treatment might be advantageous.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	190361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Medical Director of NHS England, Professor Steve Powis, and the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, have written to relevant clinicians to coincide with the coming into force of the rescheduling of cannabis-based medicinal products. The guidance in this letter, which signposts interim clinical advice commissioned from the British Paediatric Neurology Association and the Royal College of Physicians, is in line with normal clinical practice. The decision to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use will be made on a case-by-case basis, based on clinical need and in-line with existing governance procedures for prescribing unlicensed medicines.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to produce clinical guidance by October 2019, which will update and replace the interim advice.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/11/2018 12:47:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1037068

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients who have been (a) prescribed medicinal cannabis through the NHS and (b) denied a prescription for medicinal cannabis through the NHS since its use was legalised in November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	205815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has set up systems to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use via the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers. We expect the first data to be available by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information on the number of patients denied access to prescriptions for medicinal cannabis.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 10/01/2019 17:08:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1037890

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS prescriptions have been issued for patients to use medical cannabis since 1 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	206441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has set up systems to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use via the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers. We expect the first data to be available by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of future demand for medical cannabis over the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 206442 206443 question first answered 16/01/2019 15:13:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1037900

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS prescriptions for medicinal cannabis have been dispensed at a pharmacy since 1 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	206442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has set up systems to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use via the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers. We expect the first data to be available by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of future demand for medical cannabis over the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 206441 206443 question first answered 16/01/2019 15:13:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1037901

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) prescriptions of and (b) patients who will use medical cannabis in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	206443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has set up systems to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use via the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers. We expect the first data to be available by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of future demand for medical cannabis over the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 206441 206442 question first answered 16/01/2019 15:13:41 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1039010

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS prescriptons have been issued for patients to use medical cannabis since 1 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has set up systems to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use via the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers. We expect the first data to be available by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of future demand for medicinal cannabis over the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 207187 207189 question first answered 18/01/2019 12:14:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039016

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS prescriptions have been honoured at a pharmacy for patients to use medical cannabis since 1 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has set up systems to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use via the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers. We expect the first data to be available by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of future demand for medicinal cannabis over the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 207185 207189 question first answered 18/01/2019 12:14:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039029

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) prescriptions issued and (b) patients that use medical cannabis in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS England has set up systems to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use via the NHS Business Services Authority and NHS England Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers. We expect the first data to be available by the end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no estimate of future demand for medicinal cannabis over the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 207185 207187 question first answered 18/01/2019 12:14:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1039035

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department with NHS Trusts on implementing adequate measures to ensure access to medical cannabis for patients.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	207190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2019 answer text <p>Officials in the Department have worked with colleagues in NHS England, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the Home Office and individual National Health Service trusts, as necessary, to ensure that individual patients can access cannabis-based medicinal products where specialist doctors have decided this would be clinically beneficial.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2019 12:12:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning