Talks, panels and podcasts.
I've spoken on stages from Edinburgh to London and in front of a fair few cameras. If you need someone who can explain cannabis-based medicines to a room of clinicians, patients or investors without either dumbing it down or drowning it in jargon, I'd be glad to help.
What I talk about.
Everything I say on stage comes from the clinic: thousands of consultations, a governance framework that went through inspection, and services built from scratch. I'm as comfortable on a patient panel as at a clinical conference, and I'm comfortable with the difficult questions.
The nurse's role in medical cannabis
Why nurse-led care matters in cannabis clinics, and what it looks like when it's done well.
Governance that stands up to inspection
What regulators actually look for, the gaps that trip clinics up, and how to build a service that patients and inspectors both trust.
Patients, honestly
What people ask, worry about and often misunderstand, and how the sector could serve them better.
Neurology, women's health, LGBT and trans care, neurodivergence, palliative care
The patient groups I care most about, what good care looks like for each, and where services still let people down.
Deaf awareness in healthcare
I'm fluent in British Sign Language. Ask me about access, interpreters and what a Deaf patient's experience of a clinic can be like.
For organisers.
Copy whichever bio fits your programme. The headshot is free to use alongside it.
Short bio · about 50 words
James Clyne Gunn is a Registered Nurse (Adult), NMC registered since 2009, who has worked in cannabis-based medicines since 2021. He has managed a national cannabis clinic, built a nurse-led model of care and seen thousands of patients. He runs The Green Thistle from Inverness and is fluent in British Sign Language.
Longer bio · about 140 words
James Clyne Gunn is a Registered Nurse (Adult), NMC registered since 2009, and the founder of The Green Thistle, a nurse-led consultancy in cannabis-based medicines based in the Scottish Highlands. He spent the first half of his career in NHS community hospitals, latterly as a Senior Charge Nurse and multi-site hospital manager. In 2021 he became Nurse Manager of a national medical cannabis clinic, where he wrote the clinical governance framework and prescribing policies and set up a team of nurses and prescribing pharmacists. He then worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist, carrying out thousands of consultations and working with producers on product development, and he has spoken at conferences and on podcasts across the UK. His clinical interests are neurology, women's health, LGBT and trans health, neurodivergence and palliative care. He is fluent in British Sign Language.
- Name
- James Clyne Gunn
- Say it
- James Clyne Gunn, registered nurse and founder of The Green Thistle
- Formats
- Keynotes, panels, workshops, podcasts, live Q&A, BSL-accessible sessions
- Travel
- From Inverness, UK-wide; happy to join remotely
Conference stages, patient forums, expert panels, a weekly live Q&A and the odd podcast.
Recent appearances include the PatientsCann UK Medical Cannabis Awareness Week in Edinburgh, and podcast conversations on nursing in UK medical cannabis.