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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

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

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

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

990352

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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, if he will take steps to allow patients to have access to NHS doctors willing to prescribe cannabis-based medicine in cases where their NHS doctor is unwilling to do so.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	181179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>NHS England expects that cannabis-based products for medicinal use should only be prescribed for indications where there is clear evidence of benefit, and in patients where there is a clinical need which cannot be met by a licensed medicine and, where established treatment options have been exhausted.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to prescribe these unlicensed medicines must be made by a specialist doctor – not a general practitioner. These doctors focus on one field of medicine such as neurology or paediatrics and are listed on the General Medical Council’s specialist register. They must make decisions on prescribing cannabis-based products for medicinal use on a case by case basis, and only when the patient has an unmet special clinical need that cannot be met by licensed products. In addition, a specialist on the General Medical Council Register should only prescribe within their own area of practice, and the decision to prescribe should be agreed by the multidisciplinary team.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England, the British Paediatric Neurology Association and the Royal College of Physicians will provide clinical advice to doctors ahead of the law change. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has been commissioned to develop more detailed guidelines for clinicians in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/10/2018 16:43:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

988889

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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, whether all patients with health conditions previously determined by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to benefit from the use of cannabis will automatically qualify for prescriptions for medicinal cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	180265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>Subject to Parliamentary approval, from 1 November doctors on the General Medical Council’s specialist register can make the decision to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use where deemed clinically appropriate and in the best interests of patients. Prescribers will need to follow local governance procedures for prescribing unlicensed medicines.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations do not limit the types of conditions that can be considered for treatment and will only be able to be supplied under the prescription or direction of a specialist doctor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/10/2018 16:57:55 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

972291

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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 discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the potential effect of legalising cannabis-oil medicines on the availability of cannabis as a gateway drug for social use.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	173953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has committed to his officials working closely with the Home Office on legalising the use of cannabis-based medicines, including cannabis-oil. There has not been a meeting between the Secretary of State and the Home Secretary on the potential effect of legalising cannabis-oil medicines on the availability of cannabis as a gateway drug for social use.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment is being prepared alongside proposals to consider wider impacts of this policy. There are known harms associated with cannabis use and cannabis remains a controlled drug. The Government has no plans to legalise it for recreational use. As with other medicines in Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (such as morphine and fentanyl), it will continue to be an offence contrary to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to possess a cannabis based medicine without prescription or lawful authority.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/10/2018 16:51:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

943843

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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 discussions he is having with NHS England to ensure that consultants are aware of the licensing process for access to medical cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	165715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department is working with NHS England and equivalents in the devolved administrations to ensure that cannabis-based medicinal products are sourced and supplied where a licence is granted. In the longer-term, prescribing guidance will be developed following any decision to reschedule these products.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on the licensing process for access to cannabis and cannabis-based medicinal products is available on the Home Office Gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 23/07/2018 15:04:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi