NHS England has established a system to monitor the prescribing of cannabis-based products for medicinal use, with the first data expected by the end of Mar 2019, Health Minister Steve Brine says.
Medical cannabis became available for prescribing from 01 Nov last year, but since then widely read reports have suggested that only a handful of patients have been issued prescriptions, and they have been via private doctors.
MS Society Director Genevieve Edwards told The Pharmaceutical Journal no MS patient has yet been able to access the medicines.
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