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Cannabis: Medical Treatments

Commons · Question 94168 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Dec 2025

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Asked by Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking in collaboration with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to ensure that clinical guidelines relating to cannabis-based medicinal products ar

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Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 1 Dec 2025

Rules around the electronic prescribing of cannabis-based medicines are no different to other drugs regulated in Schedule 2 to 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.In England, the NHS Electronic Prescription Service enables the electronic transmissio...