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<p>The NHS Business Services Authority is unable to provide the number of National
Health Service prescription items for unlicensed cannabis-based products dispensed
in community pharmacy in England. This information is being withheld in accordance
with the General Data Protection Regulation, due to the number of items attributed
to less than five patients and potential for patient identifiable information to be
published.</p><p>313 private prescription items for unlicensed cannabis-based products
were prescribed and dispensed in community pharmacy in England (November 2018 – February
2020). During the COVID-19 outbreak, the NHS Business Services Authority temporarily
suspended the processing of private prescriptions of this nature, so data between
March 2020 and August 2020 is currently unavailable.</p><p> </p>
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