UK’s first medical cannabis clinic will provide ‘lifeline’ to chronic pain sufferers
It follows the Government announcement that specialist doctors could prescribe cannabis products to patients for medicinal use from November.
‘This clinic will represent a lifeline to those who have found other treatments ineffective. This also brings the UK into line with other countries when it comes to pain management.‘The hope is that over time patients all around the country and not just in Manchester will have access to the relief that they need.’He told The Times newspaper that patients will pay about £200 to see a doctor and then £600 to £700 a month for a private prescription.
Dr David McDowell, an independent pain specialist who will run The Beeches, has prescribed medicinal cannabis to Open University student Forzana Nasir, 32, from south London.
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