Patient Access.
Summary.
Recommendations:
Supporting patients and developing expertise.
- Address issues preventing GPs from prescribing medicinal cannabis.
- Conduct a Scrutiny review of medicinal cannabis.
- Investigate the use of the Individual Funding Request or equivalent mechanism for patients in greatest need.
- Provide professional training to healthcare professionals.
- Establish a hospital cannabis clinic or equivalent.
- Facilitate clinical trials and research and development.
- Consider partnerships with industry to reduce costs and facilitate research and development.
- Raise awareness of medicinal cannabis.
- Accommodate medicinal cannabis in healthcare settings.
- Implement Police procedures for interacting with patients.
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