Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 11 February 2025.
Tonia Antoniazzi
Chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to medical cannabis on the NHS.
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Licensed cannabis-based medicines are routinely funded by the NHS where there is clear evidence of their quality, safety and effectiveness. Two licensed cannabis-based medicines are available for prescribing on the NHS, but more research is required on unlicensed cannabis-based medicines to inform use on the NHS. We are supporting this by investing over £8.5m in randomised clinical trials.
Yes2 people think so
No6 people think not
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