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THE UK’S FIRST MEDICAL
CANNABIS CLINIC OPENS
PRIVATE PRESCRIPTIONS MAY COST AS MUCH AS £700 PER MONTH
The UK’s first medical cannabis clinic has opened in Greater
Manchester.
The Medical Cannabis Clinic operates from The Beeches private
health centre beside Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle, Stockport.
Patients pay £250 for a consultation, with prescriptions costing
between £600 and £700 a month.
Renowned medical cannabis expert Professor Mike Barnes serves
as clinical director. In July 2018, Professor Barnes supported the
successful application for Alfie Dingley to obtain cannabis oil.
On the opening of this facility, Professor Barnes said:
“The legalisation of prescription cannabis has given people with
chronic illnesses hope; the next step is to ensure the availability
of medical cannabis to offer those without other alternatives the
treatment they need.”
Only a handful of people have been prescribed medical cannabis
in the UK since the law was changed, creating what some reform
activists have referred to as a ‘two-tier’ system.
Fibromyalgia sufferer Carly Barton received a private prescription
from Dr McDowell in December, one month after the Home
The clinic was set up by European Cannabis Holdings. The group Secretary Sajid David gave the green light to legalisation.
plans to open a Birmingham clinic and a flagship Harley Street clinic
in the summer. Ms Barton said:
Chief operating officer, Hannah Simon, said:
“We are delighted to be supporting the establishment of the
Medical Cannabis Clinics in the UK.”
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– Professor Mike Barnes
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“In terms of money this is going to cost me everything I have, so
two-and-a-half grand for three months’ supply. The reason I’m
putting this on the line is I feel this is a route to getting an NHS
prescription.”
“Patients suffering from chronic pain and other serious neurological
or psychiatric conditions have been crying out for this kind of life-
changing treatment. This clinic will represent a lifeline to those who
have found other treatments ineffective.”
The practice is led by pain management specialist, Dr David
McDowell, who wrote the first UK cannabis prescription in December
last year.
"Patients suffering from chronic pain and
other serious neurological or psychiatric
conditions have been crying out for this
kind of life-changing treatment”