Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies on the use of medical cannabis of the study published in the Journal of Obstetrics Gynaecology Canada on 1 March 2020 entitled Cannabis see, a self-management strategy among Australian women with endometriosis: results from a national online survey.
The Department has made no such assessment.
It is widely recognised that further research is needed on the quality, safety, and efficacy of cannabis-based medicines. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a clinical guideline on cannabis-based medicinal products in November 2019. NICE maintains surveillance of new evidence that may affect its published guidance and would consult on proposed changes with a wide range of stakeholders if required.