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Cutting-edge treatments to be fast-tracked to UK patients
NHS patients could have quicker access to cutting-edge medical treatments as the UK teams up with international collaborators to fast-track the approval process.
Following the...
Cannabis and hemp in the UK
Tim Henley, Director of the Cannabis Trades Association, speaks with MCN Quarterly about hemp and cannabis regulation, policy, and healthcare in the UK.
The Cannabis...
Cancard: giving patients and police peace of mind
Medical cannabis patient Carly Barton has been working to create the UK’s new medical cannabis card that will protect patients from prosecution and save...
UK charity receives £27m funding to help 10,000 people with mental health
UK mental health charity Think Ahead has received £27m of funding from the UK Government to expand its health social work graduate programme.
The funding...
UK poises to take global lead in genomics with new strategy
A new landmark strategy has been launched that aims to secure the UK as a future global leader in genomics.
The new National Genomic Healthcare...
UK regulatory landscape: import and export of medical cannabis
In this article, Eleri Williams, Associate at Hill Dickinson Life Sciences team, sets out an overview of the current legal and regulatory position on...
UK medical cannabis dermatology service launched for skin conditions
Sapphire Medical Clinics is offering the UK’s first medical cannabis dermatology service for patients with rare and challenging skin conditions.
Patients with skin conditions such...
Calls for urgent intervention to fund medical cannabis for Billy Caldwell
Charlotte Caldwell, the County Tyrone based mother who successfully campaigned to legalise medicinal cannabis in 2018, has called for urgent intervention to aid her...
New digital innovation project set to benefit thousands of UK patients
A new, £1.7m digital project for GP surgeries is set to benefit thousands of patients in East Hertfordshire and West Essex.
A ‘full fibre’ broadband...
PHE to be replaced with National Institute for Health Protection
Today, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced the scrapping of Public Health England (PHE) and its replacement with the National Institute for Health...
Introducing PLEA: the patient run medical cannabis advocacy group
Founded by a team of patient advocates with experience in the medical cannabis sector, PLEA has been set up to accelerate the integration of...
‘A national disgrace’: call to improve medical cannabis access in the UK
A campaigner has urged the UK government to improve access to medical cannabis prescriptions as restrictive guidance from NICE and the BPNA has meant...
Medical cannabis treatment in the UK with Professor Mike Barnes
Medical cannabis expert Professor Mike Barnes discusses Medical cannabis treatment and highlights the challenges facing cannabis in the UK.
Consultant neurologist and medical cannabis treatment...
Barriers to healthy ageing and early interventions in the UK
Baroness Jolly, Co-Chair of the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ageing and Older People, explores the challenges facing an ageing population.
Liberal Democrat peer Baroness...
Vitality Hemp: greener home living with British hemp
British company Vitality Hemp is working to embrace the environmental and economic potential of the hemp industry.
The British hemp industry is expanding into a...
Innovative antibiotics to be available for UK patients in world-first scheme
A new scheme that starts this week is aiming to provide innovative antibiotics to NHS patients for the first time in almost 30 years...
UK companies to supply drugs for major UK COVID-19 drugs trial
Four drugs have been announced as the first to be involved with a major COVID-19 drugs trial that will be testing their efficacy for...
UK COVID-19 taskforce and testing will help care sector control infection
The UK Government has confirmed that a new social care sector taskforce has been set up, and testing is to be rolled out across...
Government issues COVID-19 workplace infection control guidance
Following the launch of the Government’s test and trace service, it has issued COVID-19 infection control guidance for the workplace.
From today people in England...
Government risks second COVID-19 spike if schools re-open says SAGE
The independent SAGE committee has stated that schools should not re-open on June 1 because there is ‘no clear evidence’ that it is safe...