{"id":19003,"date":"2021-09-06T17:20:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T16:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabishealthnews.co.uk\/?p=19003"},"modified":"2022-09-06T11:14:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T10:14:37","slug":"mp-christine-jardine-to-raise-medical-cannabis-in-parliamentary-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabishealthnews.co.uk\/2021\/09\/06\/mp-christine-jardine-to-raise-medical-cannabis-in-parliamentary-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"“A total failure of government policy” – Medical cannabis to be discussed in Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"

The families of children using medical cannabis to prevent seizures are asking MPs to make it accessible on the NHS ahead of a parliamentary debate led by Christine Jardine.<\/h3>\n

The End Our Pain campaign<\/a> have urged the public to write to their local MP to encourage them to attend the adjournment. A petition in support of this campaign has reached over 650,000 signatures. <\/a><\/p>\n

Liberal Democrat, MP Christine Jardine<\/a> will call on Health Secretary Sajid Javid to ‘fulfil the promise’ he made in 2018. Despite medical cannabis being legalised in the UK in November 2019, there are only a handful of prescriptions on the NHS. Parents have been left paying up to \u00a32000 for private prescriptions.<\/p>\n

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This evening, I will urge the Government to take the necessary steps to ensure medical cannabis can be prescribed on the NHS and ease the burden on so many families throughout the UK.https:\/\/t.co\/YVJtpiKh5E<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Christine Jardine (@cajardineMP) September 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n