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CMC calls on UK government to review medical cannabis policy

CMC calls on UK government to review medical cannabis policy

Today, the Centre for Medicinal Cannabis (CMC) is calling on the UK government to urgently review medical cannabis policy relating to cannabis access. The call...
First medical cannabis Exchange Traded Fund in Europe launched

First medical cannabis Exchange Traded Fund in Europe launched

The Medical Cannabis and Wellness UCITS ETF (CBDX) is the first medical cannabis Exchange Traded Fund to be listed in Europe. European company, HANetf, has...
United Patients Alliance: looking to the future of UK medical cannabis

United Patients Alliance: looking to the future of UK medical cannabis

Medical cannabis advocacy group, the United Patients Alliance, look to the future of medical cannabis in the UK. It’s been over a year since the...
Europe Canna Expo: premier medical cannabis event heads to Dublin

Europe Canna Expo: premier medical cannabis event heads to Dublin

Europe Canna Expo (ECE), Europe's leading medical cannabis event, will be taking place in Dublin. Through providing expert-level insights from professionals in the field, ECE...
Let’s be Blunt: a less conservative approach to medical cannabis

Let’s be Blunt: a less conservative approach to medical cannabis

Medical Cannabis Network sat down with Crispin Blunt MP at the Global Cannabis Institute’s London conference to discuss his support for access to medical...
Baroness Meacher: access to medical cannabis in the UK

Baroness Meacher: access to medical cannabis in the UK

Baroness Meacher is the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform and has a long history in social work and mental...
What is stopping medical cannabis from being accepted in the UK?

What is stopping medical cannabis from being accepted in the UK?

Following extensive public awareness campaigns and increased media pressure on the healthcare system, the legalisation of medical cannabis in November 2018 was hailed a...
Exposed: Western companies allegedly complicit in China’s organ scandal

Exposed: Western companies allegedly complicit in China’s organ scandal

A new report has alleged that international medical and pharmaceutical companies are complicit in China’s organ transplant scandal. The report has, for the first time,...
UK clinical network launches pioneering AI stroke project

UK clinical network launches pioneering AI stroke project

The collaboration with Wellbeing and Brainomix will enable Trusts in the network to introduce intelligent AI algorithms into existing radiology workflows. Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic...
UK industry body sets deadline for CBD Novel Foods application

UK industry body sets deadline for CBD Novel Foods application

The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry has everything in place to start processing Novel Foods applications from its raw-product manufacturing members. The CBD regulatory body...
Young UK women face unnecessary appendicitis surgery

Young UK women face unnecessary appendicitis surgery

A new study has revealed the extent of unnecessary surgery faced by women in the UK suspected of having appendicitis. A new BJS study found that...
Revealed: the deadly superbugs lurking in your make-up bag

Revealed: the deadly superbugs lurking in your make-up bag

Could your make-up kill you? A new study has revealed that superbugs could be lurking in your cosmetic bag. The vast majority of in-use make-up...
NHS trust to increase capacity at community health operations centre

NHS trust to increase capacity at community health operations centre

Inhealthcare, a UK leader in digital health, has partnered with Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust to transform services. The partnership between the Lincolnshire NHS...
Labour manifesto: defining 'appropriate prescription of medical cannabis'

Labour manifesto: defining ‘appropriate prescription of medical cannabis’

Cannabis Patient & Advocacy Support Services (CPASS) have said they are encouraged by Labour’s manifesto pledge to 'progress the clinically appropriate prescription of medical...
NHS staff fear ‘big tech’ firms analysing patient data

NHS staff fear ‘big tech’ firms analysing patient data

NHS staff are uncomfortable with multinational ‘big tech’ companies analysing anonymised patient data, according to a new survey. A YouGov poll of 1,027 healthcare professionals,...
Health Foundation delivers UK general election briefing on nation’s health

Health Foundation delivers UK general election briefing on nation’s health

People in the UK today are living longer than ever before, however, there remains huge difference in longevity and quality of life between people...
UK medical cannabis: the one year anniversary of legalisation

UK medical cannabis: the one year anniversary of legalisation

One year on from the legalisation of medical cannabis in the UK, MCN delves into the changing landscape. On 1 November 2018, the law was...
Elderly care robot

The UK government are funding elderly care robots

A new research programme, launched by the British government, will aim to make autonomous systems safe and trustworthy for public use. The £33.9m (~€39.3m) research...
Plans for comprehensive analytical testing review for UK cannabis industry

Plans for comprehensive analytical testing review for UK cannabis industry

The Centre for Medicinal Cannabis (CMC) has outlined their plans to undertake a comprehensive review of analytical testing for the cannabis industry. Recent market research...

Survey shows UK gyms do not cater for disabled people

Millions of disabled people are not being catered for in UK gyms, according to a new survey. Personal trainers (PTs) not being equipped to work...

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