Articles and guides for clinicians in cannabis-based medicines.
Practical writing from the clinic floor for nurses, pharmacists and doctors. Every article opens with a plain English summary, so a patient and a prescriber can read the same page and take something from it.
Articles.
I write these because I kept answering the same questions by email. They're opinion as much as guidance, drawn from thousands of consultations and a few inspections, and each one lists its official sources. How I write these guides.
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What a first consultation actually involves
Plain EnglishWhat happens, who you'll speak to, and what you'll be asked before anything is prescribed.
Five governance gaps I keep seeing in new clinics
Plain EnglishThe processes regulators look for, and why each one matters to the person in the waiting room.
Cannabis nursing is a specialty. Here's what it takes.
Plain EnglishWhat a nurse in this field needs to know, and how a clinic can prove it.
The UK pathway, stage by stage
Plain EnglishFrom first enquiry to follow-up: who does what, and where it goes wrong.
The UK pathway, stage by stage
Read the explainer- Referral and screening
- Specialist consultation
- Multidisciplinary review
- Prescription and dispensing
- Follow-up and review
This describes how the system works. It isn't advice to seek treatment. Only a specialist doctor can decide whether a cannabis-based medicine is appropriate for someone, and many people are not suitable.
Guides to share with patients.
Written for patients and carers, and useful to hand on when the same practical questions come up in clinic.
Driving on a cannabis-based medicine
Plain EnglishWhat the law says, the medical defence, and how to stay on the right side of it.
Work, disclosure and workplace testing
Plain EnglishWhether to tell an employer, what drug tests show, and where a patient stands.
Travelling abroad with your medicine
Plain EnglishProving it's yours, why the destination country decides, and when to leave it at home.
Visiting the UK when you use a cannabis-based medicine at home
Plain EnglishFor patients who live abroad: the border rules, how prescribing works here, and going home.
How UK clinics decide who to consider
Plain EnglishHow clinics decide who they can consider, and why a clinic might say no.
Finding your way through the clinics
Plain EnglishHow clinics, pharmacies and producers fit together, and the questions worth asking.
Questions people actually ask
Plain EnglishShort, neutral answers to the questions patients search for.
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